The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

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

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

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

The water in this preserved area spawns vegetation that gives it a deep green color.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.