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

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

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

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.