Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Memphis, Tennessee
Silky O'Sullivan's
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
Isaac Hayes's Gold-Plated Cadillac
The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.
Memphis, Tennessee
The Jungle Room at Graceland
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Margaret's Grocery and Market
A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale Crossroads
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Oxford, Mississippi
Rowan Oak
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Permanently Closed
Jackson, Mississippi
The Mississippi River Basin Model
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
Windsor Ruins
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Metairie Cemetery
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Labyrinth at Audubon Park
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Edgard, Louisiana
Whitney Plantation
The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.
Chauvin, Louisiana
Kenny Hill Sculpture Garden
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Old State Capitol
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
Abita Mystery House
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Cats of Jackson Square
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nicolas Cage’s Pyramid Tomb
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Carousel Bar
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
