Places nlatour Wants to Go

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

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

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

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

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

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.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.