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

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.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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

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

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

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.