Good Times Are Just Around the Bend at this classic Southern Plantation House By Janis Turk Exciting times are just around the bend of the Mississippi River at Houmas House plantation in Louisiana. With the crack of a bottle of champagne against steel girders and the release of butterflies on a splendid spring breeze, Houmas […]
Learn the history, taste the spice of Tabasco at new facilities on Avery Island By Jackie Sheckler Finch Back in the 1860s, Edmund McIlhenny was a prosperous Louisiana banker. He also was a food lover and an avid gardener. When he was given some pepper seeds from Mexico or North America, McIlhenny sowed the gift […]
Vampires in New Orleans: All You Need to Know By Stephen Unger Stephen Unger’s In the Footsteps of Dracula, 3rd Edition tells the chilling stories about Vampires in New Orleans. Below is an excerpt from the book for your enjoyment. If you have ever walked the dark, rainy streets of the French Quarter at night, you […]
The Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans By Carson McGrath New Orleans is not only a place known for creating Jazz and introducing Voodoo in the United States, but for its’ food, the delicious Creole cuisine and yummy powdered beignets. The Southern Food and Beverage Museum, located in Louisiana’s biggest city, aims to […]
New Orleans Jazz Fest: Seventy Bands and Plenty of Fun Local’s Tips on How to Enjoy one of the Best Festivals in the United States By Margie Goldsmith A group of millennials in the bar of Loew’s New Orleans Hotel clink their glasses together and toast, “To the Jazz Fest.” They’re here on a Loew’s […]
In the Footsteps of the Literati of Vieux Carré By Christopher Ludgate Vieux Carré, or the French Quarter of New Orleans as it is more typically known to modern day travelers, is among those unique U.S.destinations paved with layers of culture in every step you take. Stretching from Canal to Frenchman Streets along the crescent […]
Find the Volunteer Trip Suited for You with Trip180 By Stephanie DiCarlo When we think of travel, oftentimes we see it as something the world will give us; sightseeing tours and new delicious food, beautiful places to relax or explore, hotels and planes and souvenirs. Most of the time, travel is synonymous with ‘vacation.’ There’s […]
Lake Charles festivities include neither flashers nor drunks By Eleanor Hendricks McDaniel It may be called Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), Carnevale or Carnival, but it represents the merriment that overflows the weeks before the somber 40 days of sacrifice and prayer of the Lenten season. So it was reassuring to discover Lake Charles, Louisiana, a […]
How the Big Easy Inspired Famous Authors Excerpt from “A Visitor’s Guide to The Literary South,” By Trish Foxwell Behind every great work of literature is a great author, and behind many great authors are the places and people that inspired them. In “A Visitor’s Guide to the Literary South,” Trish Foxwell recounts the unique […]
Great Art, Great Food, Great Music By Sarah Hartshorne Soon after I arrived for my whirlwind tour of Louisiana Music Festivals, a Lafayette gourmet imparted this wisdom: “I love the food in New Orleans. Just don’t call it Cajun.” Lesson learned. This was, in fact, the first of many lessons I learned during my travels […]
By: Kathleen Broadhurst Between hurricane damage and oil spills Louisiana has had its fair share of disaster. But now the Cajun Coast is in recovery and despite some setbacks Louisiana is pulling tourists back, luring them in with beautiful swamps, fantastic fishing and delicious, safe, seafood. Cajun Heartland Deep in Louisiana’s bayous lies a secret. […]
>A group of kayakers take a break from paddling a four-mile loop of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Photo by Diana Conlon. A Thousand Miles of Water Trails Waiting to be Explored The US Fish and Wildlife Service offers guided tours and boat rentals inside National Wildlife Refuges By Beth Simmons Most GoNOMAD […]
