The Singing Oak in New Orleans' City Park is a unique and enchanting attraction featuring a grand oak tree over 100 years old adorned with dozens of carefully tuned aluminum wind chimes designed by local artist Jim Hart.
Poverty Point World Heritage Site in northeastern Louisiana is an extraordinary archaeological site dating back to between 1700 and 1100 B.C., built by a pre-agricultural society known as the Poverty Point culture.
The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, completed in 1932, is a striking 34-story Art Deco skyscraper standing 450 feet tall, making it the tallest state capitol building in the United States.
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park spans 6,000 acres in the heart of the vast Atchafalaya Basin, America's largest wetland swamp, straddling Iberia and St. Martin parishes near St. Martinville, Louisiana, once home to the Chitimacha Indians and later settled by French, Spanish, and Acadian cultures.
Honey Island Swamp Tours in Louisiana offer guided boat tours into one of the most pristine and least-altered river swamps in the United States, covering more than 70,000 acres of diverse wildlife habitat.
L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles is a luxurious lakeside resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment, featuring a 26-story hotel with nearly 1,000 rooms, suites, and villas.
The LaLaurie Mansion, located at 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans, is infamous for its dark history tied to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a wealthy socialite known for her brutal treatment of enslaved people in the early 19th century.
Royal Street in New Orleans is one of the city’s oldest and most famous streets, dating back to the early 18th century as part of the original French colonial plan.
Bogue Chitto State Park spans 1,786 acres in Washington Parish, Louisiana, south of Franklinton along the scenic Bogue Chitto River, named from Choctaw for big creek and opened in 2010 amid diverse habitats of cypress-tupelo swamps, hardwood forests, small streams, and rolling uplands.
Poverty Point Reservoir State Park in Richland Parish, northeastern Louisiana near Delhi, centers on a 2,700-acre man-made lake created in 2001 for recreation and local water supply, named after the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Poverty Point archaeological site with ancient Native American earthworks from 1700-1100 BC.
Cypremort Point State Park spans 185 acres on a peninsula jutting into Vermilion Bay along Louisiana's Gulf Coast in St. Mary Parish, one of few drivable beach access points between Grand Isle and Cameron, named for dead cypress in French from historic Chitimacha tribal markers.
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, Louisiana, is North America's third-oldest thoroughbred racetrack, established in 1872 and owned by Churchill Downs Incorporated, blending historic horse racing from November through March—including the key Louisiana Derby—with a vibrant gaming area featuring over 600 modern slot machines, historical racing games, video poker, and a sportsbook for year-round wagering.
The Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, offers a comprehensive exploration of the state's history, culture, and industry within a nearly 70,000-square-foot modern facility located on the state capitol grounds.
Boomtown Casino Hotel in Bossier City, Louisiana, along the Red River, is operated by Penn Entertainment and features three levels of gaming with around 800 slot machines, video poker, and 25 table games including blackjack and craps.
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, located in New Orleans' Garden District, is one of the city's oldest and most famous cemeteries, established in 1833 to serve the town of Lafayette before it was annexed by New Orleans in 1852.
