The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

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

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

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

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

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

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

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

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.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

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

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

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.