This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

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

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.