This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

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

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

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

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

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

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

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