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Things to do in Louisiana
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items Louisiana is underrated. There are soo many fantastic places to visit throughout the state. I still have alot of updating to do in this list. So please keep.checking back while I add more to it
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This jail had the first in jail execution. It is haunted. Every Halloween they do a Haunted House. You can go on a lantern tour at night. Sometimes ghost investigators will be there and they do sleepovers.
Gothic Jail
This candy shop is loved by kids and adults. It is soo unique. Fun photo apps. They have an old coin operated kid ride from McDonald's that still works and the kids can ride it. You can even paint pottery here.
Mr. Clint’s
Visiting Louisiana or maybe you live here. You can hold baby Gators here for free. I take the kids whenever we are in the area. We love it
Hold A Gator | The Gator Chateau - Jeff Davis Parish
The city of Rayne Louisiana has frog Statues outside of soo many businesses and they are adorable. There are some nice antique shops here and an adorable candy shop called Candyland Cottage
Rayne, Louisiana
This candy store is a must stop while visiting the city of Rayne
Candyland Cottage & Ice Cream Shoppe | Scott & Rayne, LA
We have visited this park several times. We always have such a great time here.
Gator Country Louisiana
We went to the very first Big Foot Festival. We had a great time. I hope next time the vendors have more merchandise. But it was a trial run
Natchitoches Louisiana Bigfoot Festival
There are Pelican Statues all over the town. Soo fun to look for them. There are some cute shops to browse in.
Slidell, Louisiana
Had a fantastic time here with all the animal encounters. I have also been here for the pumpkin patch which is also amazing fun.
Barn Hill Preserve: Educational Animal Encounters
We love this zoo. You can feed fish and birds here. Great lunch area. They have Christmas lights at the zoo and trick or treating during the holidays
Alexandria Zoological Park
We absolutely love this park. We get to feed soo many animals.
Gone Wild Safari
Great for gambling and if you don't the pools and the lazy river are amazing. My husband gambles while the kids and I swim. The resort is fantastic. Great stores including a sweet shop here.
Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino
There are a several events year round here at the fairgrounds including a Mardi Gras, Harvest and Watermelon Festival
Beauregard Parish Fair Grounds
Soo many fun events here all years long. We love the children's mardi gras festival. Park here for the mardi gras parades.
Lake Charles Event Center
This is Louisiana's only cave. It's small but if in the area worth the visit. It is known to be haunted. I've been several times. Havn't experienced anything strange though. There is a geocache hidden here.
Wolf Rock Cave and Historical Marker
Very cool store and they do tours. I didn't get a chance to do one. So I'll be back for the tour. I was super excited to find a geocache by accident here.
Duck Commander
If you love to visit old cemeteries add this to your bucket list. It's a small cemetery. Alot of history and one of the coolest I've ever seen. A geocache is supposed to be hidden here. But we had no luck finding it.
Talbert-Pierson Cemetery Grave Houses
If you love peaches this is a fun stop. Get some peach soft serve. Peach lemonade and even peach fudge.
Mitcham Farms LLC
Absolutely Fantastic museum. It's a small museum lots of reading to do. Young children may not enjoy it as much as adults. Real artifacts. The Cafe next door where they had their last meal was closed when we went. I will be returning to take my paren...
Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum, Gibsland, Louisiana
Such a fun shopping area. Bulldog Statues all over the town. Make good photo ops
Antique Alley
A beautiful plantation. A John Wayne movie was filmed here
Oakland Plantation
Such a beautiful concert venue
Louisiana Grandstand
CM Farms has a fantastic pumpkin patch. The kids could spend all day here with the amount of activities they have
CM Farms - Louisiana Easter, Strawberry Picking and Fall Events
My kids take riding lessons here. The coach also offers trail rides for those that just want to go horseback riding
Weaver Ranch