One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

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

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

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.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

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