Places RT14 Wants to Go

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

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

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.