Places CortM129 Wants to Go

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

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

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

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

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

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

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

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

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.