This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

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

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.