Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

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

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

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

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

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

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

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

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

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

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.