A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

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

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

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

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

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

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