Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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

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

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

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

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.