This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

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

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.