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Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

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

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

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.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.