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

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

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

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

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

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

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

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

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

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

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

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.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.