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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

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

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

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

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

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

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.

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

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

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

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

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.