A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

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

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

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.