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Lovely Louisiana
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items Louisiana is a state everyone should visit. It has so much to see and do. There is somethign tointerest everyone there from nature, food, history, fun festivals and more.
The Rougarou Festival showcases Houma's culture.
American Roads Visits Houma during the Rougarou Festival
Looking for some great Cajun and Other Louisiana Food?
American Roads visits Cajun Country.
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Exploring Louisiana’s Cajun Coast From Its Native Roots to the Bayou
Exploring Louisiana’s Cajun Coast Cultural Tours | SheBuysTravel
Step Back to the 1800s and Discover Local Culture on Louisiana's Great River Road. @SheBuysTravel @IFWTWA1 #Food #Culture #VisitLouisiana #VisitRiverParishes #TBT
Louisiana Great River Road: Discover Local Culture | SheBuysTravel
As a native of Louisiana, I love visiting and writing about the different areas. Houma is about 50 miles southwest of New Orleans, but has a unique Cajun personality. It’s known as “Louisiana’s Bayou Country.” The Rougarou Festical was fantastic. Hav...
Houma Louisiana Travel Guide: Culture and Cuisine | SheBuysTravel
Here's even more fun things to do in Lafayette, LA.
Explore Cajun Country: 16 Fun Things to Do in Lafayette LA
Did you know you can stay on the Houmas House Plantation grounds? Besides the plantation home, ther eis dingng and a fantastic museum. Owner, Kevin Kelly, met us for lunch and took us, and his dogs, on a golf cart tour of the gardens, cottages, and m...
The Inn at Houmas House Estate
Louisiana has a special vibe. It never outgrew its European roots, which makes for some delightful places to visit unlike anywhere else in the country. Since I’m originally from Louisiana, I might be a bit prejudiced about it, but here are a few spec...
6 Interesting Historic Towns To Visit In Louisiana
There's a lot of history about building the Mardi Gras floats. Marci Gras World is busy building them all year. It's a often overlooked treasure you should visit in New Orleans.
Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
Here's a chance to save on the attractions you want to see in New Orleans.
All-In-One New Orleans Attraction Pass - Bookings & Pass Options (USD)
Here's a good way to visit your favorite plantations.
New Orleans Plantation Tours – Attractions & Experiences | Booking.com
If you’ve been itching to visit a real part of Acadian Louisiana, New Iberia is the place to go. It’s located on Bayou Teche, in the heart of Acadiana. Founded in 1779 by the Spanish, the town was named after the Iberian Peninsula in their home count...
Dip Your Toes in Bayou Teche
I had a wonderful experience when I visited New Iberia. There was so much more than I expected. New Iberia is a quiet little town on the banks of Bayou Teche with a big history. Founded in 1779, by Spaniards New Iberia is the only Louisiana city reta...
Visit New Iberia
This is a great way to sample varieties. It makes a great present.
TABASCO Hot Sauce Variety Pack, 5x5 Fl Oz
A wonderful way to see Lafayette.
Downtown Lafayette Cajun History & Folklore Walking Tour - U.S. Attractions | Booking.com
This is a must-see in Lafayette. It tells Cajun history in a living history museum.
Self-Guided Tour of Historic Vermilionville (Louisiana)
Tabasco is a fun tour. See the museum and Jungle Island as well as the factory. Have a great meal at their restaurant.
TABASCO® Factory Tour & Avery Island Experience
This is where I stayed when I last visited New Iberia. You'll love it. Mickey and Tiffany are great hosts and the cabin is so well stocked.
Bayou Chateau, New Iberia (updated prices 2025)
Houmas House sits gracefully along a bend of the Mississippi River, on land once inhabited by the Houmas Indians. Over thousands of years, the river shaped this area with fertile soil, transforming it into one of the South’s most productive agricultu...
Houmas House - More than a Plantation
When most people think of Southern plantations, their first image is of a strong, white, male owner, not literary or artistic women. Melrose Plantation in the Cane River Region of Louisiana, near Natchitoches, exists today as a cultural destination a...
The Women of Cane River's Melrose Plantation - Deep South Magazine
Little Ferriday, Louisiana is the home of not only one of the biggest stars of Rock and Roll, Jerry Lee Lewis, but also his famous cousins, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. And more.
13 Best Things to Do in Central Louisiana
visiting the museum in
Baton Rouge and seeing the mystery submarine built my my great great Grandfather John Roy was a treat.
Baton Rouge and seeing the mystery submarine built my my great great Grandfather John Roy was a treat.
West Baton Rouge Museum
In this book, "For Want of a Ship," I tell my great great grandfather John Roy's story.
For Want of a Ship (War in the West series Book 3)
Baton Rouge exists because of the Mississippi River.
Baton Rouge
Our first stop was in Ferriday, Louisiana. This is a musical hotspot that was the home of some the biggest stars of Rock and Roll, Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggart. We visited The Delta Music Museum filled with information and artif...
Whole Lotta History Goin' On
David Friedman, author of Food Sanity, gives us one good reason to drink rum. He states, “Also, while too much drinking can damage your brain, moderate consumption of rum may actually lower that risk: Rum has properties that may help protect your bra...
Bayou Rum
We think of southern ladies of yore as deferring to their gentlemen about anything concerning business. Not so with the ladies of Laura Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana. Starting with Nanette Prud’Homme in 1808, the strong Creole women of this famil...
Ladies of Laura: A Southern Plantation Run by Women
New Orleans is not the only place in Louisiana that you find mouth-watering dishes. While you visit Antebellum plantations in the River Parishes, you can find a few places in the small city of LaPlace that can show some big-name chefs a thing or two.
For Real Louisiana Food
Lafayette Parish in Louisiana is alive with music. It's a part of their culture. In the 1760s, thousands of Arcadians driven out of Canada because of their religion were welcomed in Catholic Spanish owned Louisiana. They brought their music with them...
Lafayette Music
My book has some Cajun and zydeco music as well at the story of how American music all began.
American Music: Born in the USA
