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Accordion virtuoso Amede Ardoin recorded a series of songs between 1929-34
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Duck carvers will sell their creations and compete for prizes in Lockport
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Henry, who died in 1948, was a longtime owner of the Melrose Plantation in Central Louisiana
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A child's endearing mispronunciation led to a town's unique name
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White supremacists in 1873 slaughtered 100 Black citizens in Colfax, La.
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Valentine Lake is a hidden gem in Central Louisiana, located about 20 miles west of Alexandria
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A 58-acre strip of coastal forest on Grand Isle is ground zero for birdwatching
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Naturalist John James Audubon lived at the Oakley House in St. Francisville during some of 1821
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A mining accident in 1980 helped unearth many fossilized remains beneath Lake Peigneur.
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Restoration of the fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is providing lessons on saving New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral
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A team of New Orleans architects was given a rare look inside the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, in hopes of using the lessons learned to help with the renovations of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.
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Carville, a former plantation site south of Baton Rouge, was a federal treatment center for patients with leprosy.
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An avid fisherman and duck hunter from Galliano created a massive private collection of Cajun history.
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The crater, more than a mile across, was discovered in a rural area of St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana.
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Nicholls State science professors Gary Lafleur and Quenton Fontenot organize the twice-monthly open jam at Gina's at the Legion in downtown Thibodaux
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Nicholas Curole built the house from Cypress timbers in the 1800s
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Bee colonies owned by Bossier City's Billy Hummer produce 50,000 pounds of honey each year
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Eddie Robinson compiled a 408–165–15 record in 56 football seasons at Grambling State.
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The monthly open jam session is held the third Saturday of each month in the old DeRidder Train Depot that is now a museum
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Hired gunslinger Charles 'Leather Britches' Smith met his end in the area in 1912
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The college music program offers students a chance to learn from Cajun music professionals
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One of New Orleans' oldest surviving homes, the Pitot House in Bayou St. John was built in 1799
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Bayou Schuet in lower Plaquemines Parish was a community populated by Croatian immigrants more than 100 years ago
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Bruce Daigrepont's monthly fais do-do usually packs the dance floor at the storied Tipitina's music club in Uptown New Orleans
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An iron memorial cross stands on the bank of Bayou Teche in St. Martinville, a replica of the Deportation Cross in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.
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The birthplace of jazz legend Kid Ory in LaPlace also was the scene of a rebellion by enslaved people forced into plantation work.
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The monthly gathering is open to anyone who knows how to play or wants to learn "old time country" music
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At a producers-only market like this, vendors are required to create or grow their own products, organizers said
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Cypremort Point State Park features a half-mile manmade beach in South Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico
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Lawrence Patin has managed La Poussiere for the last 55 years, starting when he was 18.
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By the 1830s, the Great Raft clogging the Red River was 175 miles long.
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The Northwest Louisiana lake not far from Bossier City is 27 square miles of calm water and Cypress trees draped with moss.
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Jay Folse's family has for generations caught freshwater shrimp from the Mississippi River.
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Weimer explores his passion for painting Louisiana landscapes as often as his day job allows.
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A Cajun two-step is irresistible for some of the couples at this Saturday morning jam session in the Gueydan Museum. The museum is located on Main St. in a 1902 Bank Building. For the past few months, Gueydan has been showing off its deep roots in Cajun Music.
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Bicycles have been zooming along these hilly wooded trails near Ruston for nearly two decades. The trails were designed by James Ramsaur, the manager of Lincoln Parish Park.
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The Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Louisiana-Texas border has two state parks. At the southern end, the South Toledo Bend State Park attracts families who like to fish, camp and ride a 4-wheeler through the hills.
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The historic Fullerton sawmill in Central Louisiana was supposed to stay open for generations, but only in 20 years, the historic mill town of 5000 people was gone.
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Back in the 1960′s, Louisiana and Texas had a really big idea. Build a dam on the Sabine River, the boundary between the two states, and create a huge reservoir and also generate electricity.
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Central Louisiana has had a strong military training operation since the 1940s from World War II through the global war on terror.
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If your idea of getting outdoors is a short drive from the city, nature may be only minutes away.
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Located in the state’s smallest parish, and one of the poorest parishes, a few local entrepreneurs are turning around the town’s fortunes.
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People who spend time at this Northeast Louisiana state park say it’s a great spot to catch fish even if you don’t have a boat.
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A Northeast Louisiana cotton plantation is doing more than giving tourists a glimpse of its historic buildings.
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This nature walk is tucked away along the southern edge of St. Tammany Parish near where Bayou Lacombe meets Lake Pontchartrain.
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It was once the site of the largest cypress sawmill in the United States and maybe even the world. Now, you can learn about that huge operation and the disappearance of Louisiana’s giant cypress trees at a state museum in Patterson.
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If you enjoy off-road bicycling on mountain trails, you no longer have to leave Louisiana to experience the thrill.
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