An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

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

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

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

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

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.