Places ahartmanholley Wants to Go

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

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

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

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

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

A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

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

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

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

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

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

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.