In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

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

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

This site is dedicated to a candidate for sainthood and contains personal items including his cilice and lead coffin.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

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

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

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

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

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

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

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

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