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Head south of Baton Rouge for a look into Louisiana’s shipping history. History of Plaquemine Lock Bayou Plaquemine’s history as an inland shipping route goes back to long before Louisiana was a state. Native Americans used the waterway that joins…
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Love history? Walk the grounds where the longest siege in U.S. military history took place. By the summer of 1863, the Civil War had been raging for two years, with dozens of battles waged across Louisiana. The Union had captured the largest city…
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Tour the house and gardens of a 19th-century cotton plantation. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site occupies some enviable real estate in the foothills of West Feliciana Parish. The scenery is awe-inspiring, with a mix of hills and valleys…
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Country and gospel music come together with Civil War commemoration at this west Louisiana museum. Rebel State Historic Site was founded on the site where an unknown Confederate soldier is buried. According to local lore, Confederate soldiers were…
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Louisiana Country Music Country music developed across the South, and Louisiana has produced some of its best-known artists. Songs of love and loss, southern traditions and the everyday lives of the rural working class come alive in country music…
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Louisiana’s largest state park is home to trails, water playgrounds and the Louisiana State Arboretum. Chicot State Park is situated in Ville Platte between the Atchafalaya Basin swamps and the hills of central Louisiana, offering a geographical…
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Louisiana’s plantation past comes alive at this small family cemetery. A few miles northwest of St. Francisville is a little-known cemetery that holds a fascinating footnote to Civil War history. Locust Grove State Historic Site sits on the…
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Cast a line, watch for exotic waterfowl and spot elusive black bears at this northeast Louisiana outpost. Poverty Point Reservoir is a 2,700-acre man-made lake set against a backdrop of the wide, flat Mississippi Delta bottomlands. This state park…
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Poverty Point UNESCO World Heritage Site is an awesome introduction for visitors to the north Louisiana area, setting the tone for a trip that highlights history and plenty of unexpected finds. But it’s not the only attraction in this part of the…
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Just a few miles off Interstate 20 near the Mississippi-Louisiana border is a roadside attraction unlike any you’ll find on Earth. Poverty Point World Heritage Site is a series of raised earthen mounds, channels and ridges made by human hands more…