The large lake at Chicot State Park seems like the perfect place to paddle a canoe or kayak. You will experience the classic …
Bourrè
A good cajun bet Cajuns have played bourrè, a popular south Louisiana card game, for generations. And if you end up with a bad …
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 …
Cajun D-Day Paratrooper
A Cajun paratrooper from south Louisiana is still remembered in a small village in Normandy, France, where a tragic D-Day battle …
Louisiana Arboretum
The Louisiana arboretum just outside Ville Platte, tucked inside Chicot State Park, offers visitors a walk through some of the …
Whiskey Bottle
A whiskey bottle tucked away on a shelf in the Gueydan Museum is more than an antique curiosity - it is the key to a fascinating …
Louisiana Swamp Tour
Louisiana swamp tour experiences don’t get much more immersive than this—paddling quietly through fog-shrouded cypress swamps at …
Oak & Pine Alley
Just outside St. Martinville, Louisiana, a narrow gravel road shaded by giant oaks and tall pines is known as Oak & Pine Alley …
Red Iris
The red iris, one of Louisiana’s rarest native flowers, blooms each April in a swamp near the town of Abbeville—its only known …
Unearthing the Louisiana Mastodon
It's hard to imagine a time when giant elephant-like mastodon were roaming the prairies of southern Louisiana. But the bones of …