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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

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

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

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

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

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

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

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

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.