The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

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

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

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

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

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

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

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

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

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

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

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.