Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

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

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

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