Since the first time I visited Lake Martin and The Nature Conservancy's Cypress Island Preserve, it has been one of my favorite …
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Botanic Garden in Baton Rouge
For more than 40 years, this downtown location was the first airport in Baton Rouge. The airfield relocated to another site north …
Streetcar Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire, the winner of 12 Academy awards including Best Picture in 1952, is also a Pulitzer Prize winning …
Sam Houston Jones State Park
The thick forest of longleaf pine trees at Sam Houston Jones State Park was no match for the powerful winds of Hurricane Laura, …
Tchefuncte River
The great blue herons and white egrets seem to be watching us and keeping their distance as we glide along the tree-lined …
Chicot State Park
Surround yourself with the natural beauty of Lake Chicot and see native flowers and plants in the state arboretum at this central …
Jungle Gardens
Avery Island and its Jungle Gardens seem a world away from the flat land of sugarcane fields and pastures that surround this south …
U-boats in the Gulf
Did you know? More Allied ships were sunk by German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico during World War Two than were destroyed …
Melrose Plantation
Melrose Plantation is a nearly 200 year old National Historic Landmark located on Cane River Lake in central Louisiana that was …
Bird Banding
This seems like the perfect morning for bird banding. The spring air is chilly enough to wear a jacket, the skies are clear and …