Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

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

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

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

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

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

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

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

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

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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