A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Crawfish hand pies, Natchitoches meat pies, and all manner of other sweet or savory, flaky-crusted pastries abound here.

These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.

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

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

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

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.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.

Site of a tragedy on the Oregon Trail.

Memorial commemorating the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A heartfelt tribute to all of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.