A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

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

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

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

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.