A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

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

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

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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