Places raigansmom Wants to Go

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

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

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.

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

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

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

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

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

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

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.