MORGAN CITY - If you have ever wanted to walk onto an authentic oil rig and explore what it's like to work on one, climb aboard Mr. Charlie. The Rig Museum and National Historic Landmark stands in the Atchafalaya River just south of the I-90 bridge and is visited by people from around the world each year.

Virgil Allen has been leading tours of Mr. Charlie for 30 years. He knows the rig inside and out and looks forward to answering any questions you may have. WBRZ visited with Allen after the clouds cleared on a Monday morning in August and spent a couple of hours exploring.

In the 1950s, Alden "Doc" LaBorde had the idea of a floating, portable rig with a submersible barge; one that was able to reach underwater oil fields. Mr. Charlie is the rig he eventually built, which is the first o

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