One of the last remaining covered bridges in the region.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

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

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

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

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.