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Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

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

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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 museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

What if the Fountain of Youth was actually found in Delaware? One historic coastal town believes it to be true.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.