A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

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

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

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

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

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

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

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

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.