Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

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

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

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

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.