A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

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

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

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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

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.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.