Baton Rouge

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.  — Atlas Obscura

The USS Kidd is a famous destroyer which saw action in the Pacific, Its interior, including the engine room, galley, mess and cabins, is now open to the public, as is the bridge with its many cannons. — Michelin Guide

Nottoway Plantation is the largest plantation house in the South. The high ceilings, entirely white ballroom, and lavish furnishing time-warp you straight back to opulent antebellum days. — Lonely Planet

This idiosyncratic but high-quality collection brings together a contemporary-art gallery and an Egyptian tomb exhibit...also here are a children's museum and a kid-friendly planetarium. — Fodor's