New Orleans, Louisiana
Lakefront Airport
This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”
New Orleans, Louisiana
The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
Natchez, Mississippi
The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.
Lucedale, Mississippi
This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.
Walker, Louisiana
World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Kentwood, Louisiana
A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.
Lumberton, Mississippi
This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Sandy Hook, Mississippi
One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.
Foxworth, Mississippi
A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.
Midland, Texas
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.
Mobile, Alabama
Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.
Birmingham, Alabama
This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.
Eufaula, Alabama
That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Carrollton, Alabama
The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.