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Kenny Hill's Sculpture Garden
Chauvin, Louisiana
Vivid enigma wrapped in bricks, concrete, and paint -- an art environment of 100 strange figures built Kenny Hill. Badly damaged by Hurricane Ida in 2021.
Mardi Gras World
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tour of a giant warehouse and art studio full of bizarre Mardi Gras props and floats.
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum
Angola, Louisiana
Features state retired electric chair and many other grim penal artifacts. The convict rodeo is held twice each year.
Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum
Gibsland, Louisiana
Museum is in the former cafe where the doomed road trippers bought their last snack.
Voodoo Museum
New Orleans, Louisiana
Real human skulls, voodoo dolls, and a Rougarou: a man with a gator head. Small, but packed with real voodoo items.
Quirky Monuments of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Since the 1850s, New Orleans has erected statues and public works of art to celebrate its heroes and quirks.
Huey Long Death Gun, Speechifying Statue
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Famously gunned down Louisiana politician leaves a trail of exhibits, bullet holes and a grave.
Huey Long Shot Here: See the Bullet Hole
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Spot where Louisiana's boss "The Kingfish" was gunned down in the state capitol in 1935. You can still put your finger in a bullet hole.
Dr. Charles Smith African-American Heritage Museum
Hammond, Louisiana
Folk art environment chronicling African-American history with hundreds of hand-made sculptures.
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- Abita Springs: Abita Mystery House
- Alexandria: Giant Crawfish [tips]
- Angola: Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum
- Avery Island: Tabasco Factory and Giant Buddha [tips]
- Baton Rouge: Huey Long Death Gun, Speechifying Statue
- Baton Rouge: Huey Long Shot Here: See the Bullet Hole
- Bossier City: Muffler Man: Bubba's Cowboy
- Chauvin: Kenny Hill's Sculpture Garden
- Covington: Insta-Gator Ranch [tips]
- Ferriday: Jerry Lee Lewis Family Museum and Liquor Store [tips]
- Gibsland: Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum
- Gibsland: Bonnie and Clyde Death Site [tips]
- Hammond: Dr. Charles Smith African-American Heritage Museum
- Haughton: Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum [tips]
- Henderson: Prehistoric Park [tips]
- Kenner: Mighty Mississippi Prize Fight Statue [tips]
- Lafayette: 13-Foot-Tall Front Yard Indian
- Lake Charles: Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu
- Moreauville: Pilot Who Vanished Chasing UFO [tips]
- Morgan City: Tour a Famous Oil Rig
- Natchitoches: Big Al's Feeding Show [tips]
- New Orleans: Storyland
- New Orleans: Mardi Gras World
- New Orleans: National WWII Museum
- New Orleans: Dr. Bob's Folk Art [tips]
- New Orleans: Flooded House Museum
- New Orleans: Voodoo Museum
- New Orleans: Scrap House: Katrina Memorial
- New Orleans: New Orleans Pharmacy Museum [tips]
- New Orleans: Cemetery Chapel with Hands and Feet [tips]
- New Orleans: Flashy Tombs of Metairie Cemetery
- New Orleans: Quirky Monuments of New Orleans
- New Orleans: Museum of Death [tips]
- Pioneer: Mysterious Poverty Point Mound [tips]
- Ponchatoula: Ole Hardhide: Town Gator
- Port Fourchon: 16-Foot-Tall Mermaid and Oil Rig
- Powhatan: Toothy Gator Bus [tips]
- Rayne: Frog Statue - Frog Capital of the World [tips]
- Ruston: North Louisiana Military Museum
- Shreveport: 14-Story Mural, Largest in the USA [tips]
- Shreveport: Rockin' Elvis Statue, and Others
- Shreveport: Giant Dalmatian With Glowing Spots [tips]
- Thibodaux: Arm of St. Valerie [tips]
- West Monroe: Duck Dynasty Headquarters [tips]
- Winnfield: Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame
