A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

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

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.