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Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

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

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.