Zydeco music and the Coushatta people have deep roots in Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana. And both take center stage at a new cultural center in the town of Kinder.
Two strangers whose great ancestors were on opposite sides of the racially-charged Colfax Massacre 150 years ago have formed an unexpected friendship as they try to set the record straight.
These two old churches with their twin steeples are among the oldest wooden structures in the southeastern Louisiana city of Ponchatoula. But after sitting mostly unused for decades, the buildings have been transformed into a new creative arts center.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s a place where you can enjoy a day at the beach, camp with the family or catch saltwater fish from a pier. And you don’t have to leave Louisiana to do it.
It’s very green, extremely fast growing and it’s gaining in popularity with home gardeners and sustainable manufacturing. That plant is bamboo, and it has found a home in the rolling hills of Washington Parish.
She is an award-winning artist who mastered a style of painting that dates back more than 2,000 years to ancient Greece. And Metairie artist June Lampe has been around a pretty long time herself.
If the urge to spend more time outdoors has you thinking about a camping trip, but you don’t have all of the gear, there is a comfortable option at some Louisiana state parks. It’s called glamping, where you get a nice large tent with a bed and outdoor furniture.
If you are looking for some home-grown art, a gallery along the I-10 in Henderson may have more Louisiana artists per square foot than any place else in the state.
At a time when close to a half million troopers were training for World War II, a Louisiana town was ground zero for a riot, or massacre, that highlights the racial tensions of the 1940s.
It’s not the kind of music that you might expect to find in a New Orleans nightclub. But Bluegrsss has been in the spotlight for more than a decade in a weekly jam session.
This century-and-a-half old lighthouse connects the south Louisiana town of Berwick to its history of seafood and shipping along the Atchafalaya River.
If you want to get a quick overview of Louisiana, its history, cultures and music, there is one museum that takes you on a whirlwind tour of the state in a couple of hours.
It’s a Louisiana state park that is located in an area where native people lived thousands of years ago. Today, there is great fishing and a beach for swimming near the site of ancient mounds.
While the American colonies were fighting for their independence from Great Britain, a little known Revolutionary War battle took place along the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge.
