Places IronQueen Wants to Go

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

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

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

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

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

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

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

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

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

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

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

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

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

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

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

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

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.