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

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

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

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

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

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

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

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

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

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

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

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

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.