Discover Louisiana
Explore Louisiana’s state parks
Louisiana has 20 state parks that allow you to experience the best of the Bayou State. Camp, rent a vacation cabin, fish, paddle, hike or bike in Louisiana’s great outdoors. Check out these beautiful parks that get you back to nature!
Experience world class adventure close to home.
This Week’s Featured Stories
Sawmill Museum
The sawmill museum in Longleaf, Louisiana preserves a nearly intact piece of the state’s timber heritage—one that helped reshape both the landscape and the economy. The Southern Forest Heritage Museum…
Swamp School
The swamp school in St. Charles Parish is no ordinary summer program. Instead of classrooms and computers, elementary-aged children spend a week paddling canoes through Louisiana wetlands, holding snakes and…
First Female College
The first female college west of the Mississippi River opened its doors in 1855 in the small western Louisiana town of Mansfield, offering young women more than the social graces…
Louisiana Photo Gallery
Here are a few of my favorite images from Louisiana. As I’ve traveled across the Bayou State looking for great stories to share, I have developed a deep interest in landscape photography. Louisiana has some of the most beautiful and unique landscapes in America. Please check them out.
Dave McNamara has spent much of his career as a journalist traveling across his home state of Louisiana reporting on its unique places, attractions, cultures and people. He’s discovered a few favorites along the way. (full bio)
60 Second Road Trips
Take a quick 60-second trip to some of the most interesting places in Louisiana.
Saving St. Louis Cathedral
Explore the fascinating history of this New Orleans icon and also go behind the walls, the ceiling and the floor of the aging Cathedral Basilica that is in need of repairs. New Orleans architects travel to the iconic Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris to see what they can learn about restoring an aging landmark in this television documentary.