The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!