Laura Plantation, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, is a significant historic site known for its well-preserved early 19th-century Creole-style raised big house and several original outbuildings, including slave cabins.
Vermilionville Historic Village in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a 23-acre living history museum that showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Acadian, Creole, and Native American peoples who shaped the region.
Bally's Shreveport Casino & Hotel in Shreveport, Louisiana, is a riverfront gaming destination owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Bally's Corporation, originally opened as Hollywood Casino Shreveport in December 2000.
Mike the Tiger's Habitat at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge is a spacious, state-of-the-art home designed to provide a naturalistic and comfortable environment for LSU’s live Bengal tiger mascot.
Tickfaw State Park spans about 1,200 acres in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, 7 miles west of Springfield, and opened in 1999 as one of the state's most popular parks due to its proximity to New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in Louisiana is a remarkable outdoor art space located within New Orleans City Park beside the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans is a 32-acre city park that honors the legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong and celebrates the rich African American cultural heritage of the city.
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, Louisiana, was founded by Richard W. Norton, Jr. and his mother in 1946 to share their significant collection of fine art with the public.
Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is a large estuarine body of water covering about 630 square miles, with dimensions roughly 40 miles long and 24 miles wide, and an average depth of 12 to 14 feet.
Jungle Gardens on Avery Island, Louisiana, is a sprawling 170-acre botanical garden and bird sanctuary created in the 1930s by Edward Avery Ned McIlhenny, the son of the Tabasco sauce inventor.
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is housed in an 1823 Creole townhouse in the French Quarter that once served as the apothecary and residence of Louis J. Dufilho Jr., the first licensed pharmacist in the United States.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans is the largest and most comprehensive institution dedicated to Southern art, featuring a collection of over 4,000 works including paintings, photography, sculpture, and mixed media by artists from or connected to the fifteen southern states and the District of Columbia.
North Toledo Bend State Park spans over 900 acres in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, west of Zwolle along Toledo Bend Reservoir, one of the largest man-made lakes in the South renowned for world-class largemouth bass fishing along with catfish, crappie, and bream.
Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana, is owned and operated by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, located at 777 Coushatta Drive about 40 miles northeast of Lake Charles, and opened in January 1995 as the state's largest gaming destination.
Fairview-Riverside State Park spans 99 acres along the scenic Tchefuncte River east of Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, offering shaded picnic areas under ancient oaks, a group pavilion, playgrounds, and a short nature trail with boardwalk through forested wetlands.
The Creole Nature Trail All-American Road Visitor Center, known as the Adventure Point, is located near Exit 20 in Sulphur, Louisiana, serving as the western trailhead for this scenic byway.
