Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

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

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

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

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard.