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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

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

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

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

World's largest Christmas store.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.