Places Luke Whittleton Wants to Go

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

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

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

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

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

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

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

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

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

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

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

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