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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

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

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

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.