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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

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

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

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

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

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

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

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

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

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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.

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

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.