The Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum preserves and promotes the area’s long, colorful and historically important cultural and economic ties with the seafood and water transportation industries, as well as other wetlands and water-based hunting, gathering and...

Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history, culture, and arts.

The national Historic Landmark, situated on the banks of scenic Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux, Louisiana, was the residence of two of Louisiana' s foremost political figures, Edward Douglas White, who was governor from 1835 to 1839, and his son, Edward Douglass...

This site contains the remains of a large sugar plantation which operated from 1832 until well into the 20th century, at its height from 1893-1926.  Most of the 60 remaining buildings are vacant, but several have been restored including the store, school, and five...

One of the best ways to Experience The Charm in St. James Parish is to go to the St. James Culture and Heritage Center and meet Laurie Bourgeois. Laurie has been the on-site Administrator of the Center, which opened in 1984, for the past seven years. When you arrive...

Located on the Mississippi River between the historic Louisiana cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Oak Alley Plantation has been called the "Grande Dame of the Great River Road". Nowhere else in the south will you find such a spectacular setting! The quarter-mile...

Have your passport ready as you enter the fascinating world of the Creoles who, at this historic site, lived charmed and tragic lives apart from mainstream America for over 200 years.

St. Joseph Plantation is one of the few fully intact sugar cane plantations in the River Parishes.  In addition to the Manor Home, we have numerous outbuildings for you to explore. These include original slave cabins, detached kitchen, blacksmith’s  shop ,...

The International Petroleum Museum and Exposition's mission is to gather, save, preserve, and interpret artifacts and information about the offshore petroleum industry and to educate others concerning the impact and significance of this Cajun-born industry upon the...

The sands of Louisiana time seem to stand still for a moment at Destrehan Plantation. This majestic antebellum home watches over the banks of the great Mississippi River, just minutes from New Orleans. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Destrehan...