Fall is a time when nature enthusiasts head to the northeast or the mountains to experience brilliant fall colors. But more photographers and nature lovers are discovering a late autumn treat in Louisiana cypress forests and swamps.
Louisiana’s new poet Laureate gets inspiration from the people, places and stormy weather of the bayou state.
A Metairie man who has already passed the age of 100 reveals what he thinks is his secret to living a long life.
A lot of state parks have trails for hiking, biking and even horseback riding.
As the forest service works to restore Louisiana’s Longleaf Pine habitat, it’s also bringing in more snakes.
A Rapides Parish man clings to the traditions of his French ancestors for making duck calls and the other necessities of duck hunting.
Archaeologists digging in Louisiana’s Kisatchie national forest are finding artifacts from native people who were living in the area during the ice age. It’s among the oldest known inhabitants of our state.
After major restoration work, Tiny Queen Bess Island along the Louisiana coast is thriving today as a major nesting area for the brown pelican.
Duck carving began out of necessity as a way to make wooden decoys for hunting. But in the last couple of generations, it has turned into works of fine art.
Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp is a critical floodway for the Mississippi River, and it’s also been impacted by the timber and oil industries.
The town of Bunkie, Louisiana, has a one-of-a kind name. There is no other “Bunkie” anywhere in the United States.
At a time when the US Army was still segregated, an all-Black tank battalion was created in Louisiana. The unit was called the “Black Panthers.”
A new memorial was unveiled in the small north Louisiana town of Colfax.
For a Louisiana campground, Valentine Lake is a bit on the primitive side, but this secluded campground on a quiet lake is a real beauty.
This is the time of year when as many as two billion birds are making their annual migration across the Gulf of Mexico.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the landscape of Louisiana was drastically different.
Architects who are putting together plans to renovate the historic St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans are learning a few lessons from the fire-damaged Notre Dame in Paris.
For much of the last century, people who were diagnosed with Leprosy or Hansen’s disease were required to stay at a hospital in Carville, Louisiana.
An avid fisherman and duck hunter from the bayou-side town of Galliano has created a massive private collection of cajun history.
It would have been catastrophic when it slammed into Louisiana more than ten-thousand years ago.
Once each month, some of the top musicians in the Lafayette area get together for a jam and benefit concert.
A group of little-known world war two ammunition bunkers in belle chase house the largest collection of fish in the world.
The city of Thibodaux celebrates its Cajun heritage and music in twice-a-month jam sessions, and this month, the music and dancing took on the look of Mardi Gras.
Living in the South, you can see some rather impressive live oak trees. There is actually a Live Oak Society that keeps track of the biggest of those trees.
An old house that has survived 130 years of hurricanes in southeast Louisiana is getting a facelift and a new home.
A lot of us would probably call the mosquito the state insect, but it’s actually the honey bee.
One of the most successful coaches in football hails from Grambling State University in north Louisiana.
Bluegrass music enthusiasts gather once a month at the old train depot in the west-central Louisiana town of Deridder for a jam session.
A small western Louisiana town was once part of a no man’s land, an area with no government rule that attracted outlaws.
Students at one Louisiana university are able to study Cajun fiddle, the accordion, and even learn how to sing Cajun French songs, and get a degree in it. It’s called ‘traditional music.’
A grassroots art project is taking quilts from the bedroom and turning them into painted displays on homes and businesses.
It’s one of those mornings that just begs you to spend time outdoors.
The site of a century-old levee break in St. Bernard Parish is now an art gallery.
A two-century-old historic home preserves some of the early history along Bayou St. John before New Orleans was established as a city.
It’s not only the state’s highest court, but the century-old Louisiana Supreme Court building in the french quarter is also a museum and public law library.
It may not be the first place you think of to experience a cajun Fais Do Do, but an uptown New Orleans music club has been putting on the cajun dances for more than three decades.
A small memorial and museum in St. Martinville has become something of a pilgrimage for people who feel they have a family connection to Louisiana’s earliest Acadian settlers.
A more than two-century-old house in LaPlace has an amazingly diverse history.
The birthplace of jazz legend Kid Ory in LaPlace also was the scene of a rebellion by enslaved people forced into plantation work.
Once a month, Jam at the West Baton Rouge Parish Museum in Port Allen features what they call ‘old time music.’
It’s a complex of ancient mounds, hidden in the woods of north Louisiana, south of Monroe known as “Watson Brake."
If you want to experience a farmers market with a big dose of cajun music and culture, then you need to head to Lafayette.
Cypremort Point State Park is one of the few beaches located in southern Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a favorite for area residents looking to spend a day at the beach.
There are very few of the old Louisiana dance halls still standing. But in the town of Breaux Bridge, you can still kick up a little dust on the dance floor to the sound of live cajun and zydeco music.
