Places grantavery Wants to Go

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

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

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

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

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.