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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.