Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Louisiana

While in Louisiana, you might enjoy a visit to:

Built in 1802, with an eight-foot-square interior and five chairs, which seems to be its capacity. Mass is held once a year on August 15.
~11 miles from Baton Rouge.

Bankrolled by an energy tycoon (and a friend of RR's) and given a place of honor by an agreeable Louisiana city council.
~58 miles from Baton Rouge.

Has exotic displays of voodoo as practiced in Haiti and Africa, along with brightly painted devil statues -- and a diminutive half-monkey half-fish "Fiji Mermaid" or merman (we had a hard time telling).
~66 miles from Baton Rouge.

Has an oversized "den" where you are shrunk to the size of a bug and are threatened by a bird and a trapdoor spider, and an "immersion theater" where things pop out at you and mist sprays in your face.
~67 miles from Baton Rouge.

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