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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.