Dave McNamara
Updated: May. 28, 2023 at 7:25 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
She may have been a woman ahead of her time.
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp is a critical floodway for the Mississippi River, and it’s also been impacted by the timber and oil industries.
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The town of Bunkie, Louisiana, has a one-of-a kind name. There is no other “Bunkie” anywhere in the United States.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.”
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A new memorial was unveiled in the small north Louisiana town of Colfax.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2023 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
This is the time of year when as many as two billion birds are making their annual migration across the Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
When was the last time you sat down and wrote a letter with pen and ink?
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 11:16 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Tens of thousands of years ago, the landscape of Louisiana was drastically different.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
An avid fisherman and duck hunter from the bayou-side town of Galliano has created a massive private collection of cajun history.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 10:38 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
It would have been catastrophic when it slammed into Louisiana more than ten-thousand years ago.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2023 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Once each month, some of the top musicians in the Lafayette area get together for a jam and benefit concert.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:30 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A group of little-known world war two ammunition bunkers in belle chase house the largest collection of fish in the world.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 6:37 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 9:01 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 7:58 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
An old house that has survived 130 years of hurricanes in southeast Louisiana is getting a facelift and a new home.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 7:16 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A lot of us would probably call the mosquito the state insect, but it’s actually the honey bee.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2022 at 11:15 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
One of the most successful coaches in football hails from Grambling State University in north Louisiana.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 5:17 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Bluegrass music enthusiasts gather once a month at the old train depot in the west-central Louisiana town of Deridder for a jam session.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2022 at 11:11 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A small western Louisiana town was once part of a no man’s land, an area with no government rule that attracted outlaws.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 3:08 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
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.’
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 11:35 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A grassroots art project is taking quilts from the bedroom and turning them into painted displays on homes and businesses.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2022 at 10:37 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
It’s one of those mornings that just begs you to spend time outdoors.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 11:09 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
The site of a century-old levee break in St. Bernard Parish is now an art gallery.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A two-century-old historic home preserves some of the early history along Bayou St. John before New Orleans was established as a city.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2022 at 3:49 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 11:32 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A more than two-century-old house in LaPlace has an amazingly diverse history.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The birthplace of jazz legend Kid Ory in LaPlace also was the scene of a rebellion by enslaved people forced into plantation work.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Once a month, Jam at the West Baton Rouge Parish Museum in Port Allen features what they call ‘old time music.’
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s a complex of ancient mounds, hidden in the woods of north Louisiana, south of Monroe known as “Watson Brake."
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
If you want to experience a farmers market with a big dose of cajun music and culture, then you need to head to Lafayette.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
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.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 9:48 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The state of Louisiana is rushing to open state parks that were closed and damaged by Hurricane Laura.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It was a log jam hundreds of years in the making, that blocked any boat traffic on Louisiana’s Red River.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
There is a different type of shrimp that’s caught in the Mississippi River below Baton Rouge.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
One man’s passion for Louisiana plants and butterflies has led to the creation of a bed and breakfast, where the focus is on nature.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
If you step in the office of the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, you will see a collection of artwork featuring south Louisiana landscapes. The artist is the man who sits behind the desk.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s a large, very old oak tree that’s been battered and bruised over the centuries, and it has become a symbol of survival and resilience in southwest Louisiana.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 2:23 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
This may be one of the better places in the state to watch and photograph nesting birds. Located in central Louisiana, Cazan (cah-zan) Lake is a private farm and nature preserve with easy access to popular wading birds.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 2:27 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The Louisiana State Capitol is full of history and may be worth a second visit.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 7:40 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The Cypress Island Preserve at Lake Martin is a great destination for those eager to experience a little Louisiana nature this summer. It’s perfect for paddling a canoe or bird watching or spotting alligators.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
For 40 years, Independence Park was the first airport in Baton Rouge. But after the airfield moved, it was turned into a large botanic garden.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
“A Streetcar Named Desire” was an academy award-winning movie and Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway play. It was written by Tennessee Williams.
Updated: May. 29, 2022 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It has taken nearly two years to bring a southwest Louisiana state park back to life after it was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Laura. Sam Houston Jones is now set to reopen.
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