Places ribola Wants to Go

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

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

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

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

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.

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

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

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

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

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

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

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.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

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