This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

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

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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