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This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

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

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

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

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

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.

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

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

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

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.