When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

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.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

The only international border marker within the United States.

This 250-to 375-year-old live oak tree towers over the back garden of a local history museum.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

The first capital of Texas was actually in modern-day Louisiana.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.

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

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.