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

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

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

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

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

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.