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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

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

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

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

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

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

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

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.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

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

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

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

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

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

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

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

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.