The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

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

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

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.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.