Places kcmay1999 Wants to Go

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

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

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

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

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

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

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

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

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.