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Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.

A monument dedicated to three unlikely visitors to North America.

The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

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.

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

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

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

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

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

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

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

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

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

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

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

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