Since Hobby Lobby Prices Keep Climbing, These 8 Louisiana Bead Shops Are Filling The Gap
A bag of seed beads used to be an easy add-on at the big craft store, but lately the receipt tells a different story. Across…
By Camille Roth · Oct 6, 2026
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Louisiana
This Historic Natchitoches Mercantile On Front Street Pairs Old-School Hardware With Old-Fashioned Toys
On Front Street in Natchitoches, you can buy a pound of nails and a Radio Flyer wagon in…
By Camille Roth · Oct 6
Louisiana
10 Louisiana Craft Stores Picking Up The Slack Now That Hobby Lobby Left Town
When a big-box craft chain pulls out of a market, the glue sticks and yarn skeins do not…
By Camille Roth · Oct 5
Louisiana
This Small Louisiana Town Starts Saturday Mornings With Zydeco, Dancing, And Crawfish
On Saturday mornings in Breaux Bridge, people two-step between breakfast tables before most towns have finished their coffee.…
By Camille Roth · Oct 5
Louisiana
Now That Michaels And Hobby Lobby Feel Picked Over, These 8 Louisiana Sewing Machine Shops Still Fix, Sell And Teach
A big-box craft store can sell you a bolt of fabric, but it cannot open up a jammed…
By Camille Roth · Oct 4
Louisiana
Ornate Ceilings, Old Stained Glass And A Saint’s Reliquary Fill This Thibodaux Co-Cathedral
Thibodaux has a church on Canal Boulevard that many visitors compare to the big-city cathedrals of the country.…
By Camille Roth · Oct 4
Louisiana
Fried Shrimp, Crab And Catfish Pile Up Plate After Plate At This Louisiana Seafood Buffet
Out on LA-21 in rural Bush, a parking lot overflows onto the grass three nights a week. The…
By Camille Roth · Oct 3
Louisiana
Louisiana’s Oldest Street Market, The French Market, Has Sold Along The River Since 1791
Long before Decatur Street had a name, people were already trading goods on this bend of the Mississippi.…
By Camille Roth · Oct 2
Louisiana
This Louisiana Observatory’s Fall Star Parties Put You At The Eyepiece Under Dark Skies
About twenty minutes outside Shreveport, a small nonprofit observatory turns off nearly every light it can and lets…
By Camille Roth · Oct 2
Louisiana
Gone Since Hancock Fabrics Closed, Sewists Now Drive To These 9 Louisiana Notion And Pattern Shops
When Hancock Fabrics shut its stores in 2016, a lot of Louisiana sewists lost the one place in…
By Camille Roth · Oct 1
Louisiana
This Louisiana Churchyard Holds A Story Visitors Still Reflect On Long After They Leave
On the side of a church in Treme, a simple monument asks people to stop and remember those…
By Camille Roth · Oct 1
Louisiana
Bonnie And Clyde’s Last Ride Ended On A Louisiana Back Road, And This Small Museum Keeps Their Letters
On a spring morning in 1934, a stolen Ford rolled south out of Gibsland and never made it…
By Camille Roth · Sep 30
Louisiana
This Louisiana Convent Is New Orleans’ Oldest Building And Holds A ‘Coffin Girls’ Story Folks Still Tell
Two great fires swept through New Orleans in the 1700s, and one French colonial building on Chartres Street…
By Camille Roth · Sep 29
Louisiana
At This Old New Orleans Dining Room, Dinner Still Arrives Course By Course Like It Did A Century Ago
Some restaurants hand you a menu and wish you luck, but Tujague’s hands you a sequence. Founded in…
By Camille Roth · Sep 29
Louisiana
This Louisiana Neighborhood Po-Boy Counter Piles Fried Shrimp And Oysters High Enough To Need Extra Napkins
On a residential corner of Annunciation Street, a small counter has been handing out po-boys since 1924. Domilise’s…
By Camille Roth · Sep 28
Louisiana
Towering Oaks Line A Quarter-Mile Alley At Oak Alley Plantation In Vacherie
Twenty-eight live oaks stand in two straight rows on the west bank of the Mississippi River, and they…
By Camille Roth · Sep 28
Louisiana
Walk Past Thousands Of Blooming Camellias At This Avery Island Garden Built Around A Bird Colony
Eight snowy egrets in a homemade cage started it all. Around 1895, Ned McIlhenny raised those birds on…
By Camille Roth · Sep 27
Louisiana
Round-The-Clock Hours And A Classic Lunch Counter Keep This 1941 Louisiana Diner Running Like It’s 1950
For decades, the griddle at Louie’s Cafe in Baton Rouge almost never went cold, feeding LSU students, night-shift…
By Camille Roth · Sep 27
Louisiana
This 1840s Opelousas Chapel Keeps Louisiana’s Oldest Church Records Behind Its Brick Walls
On the corner of North Main Street in Opelousas, a Gothic church holds handwritten baptism, marriage, and burial…
By Camille Roth · Sep 26
Louisiana
Seven Louisiana Covered Markets And Trade Days Where Vendors Sell Things Big-Box Stores Never Stock
Somewhere in Dubach right now, a folding table holds a jar of homemade salsa next to a stack…
By Camille Roth · Sep 26
Louisiana
This Easygoing Louisiana Beach Turns A Spur-Of-The-Moment Day Trip Into A Highlight
About an hour south of Lake Charles, past miles of marsh and low sky, the road runs right…
By Camille Roth · Sep 25
Louisiana
This Sprawling North Louisiana Park Has 5,000 Acres Of Trails And Mud Holes For Off-Road Riders
Out past Springhill and Minden, near the little town of Sarepta, there is a piece of land that…
By Camille Roth · Sep 25
Louisiana
12 Louisiana Fabric And Quilt Shops Worth The Drive Now That Joann Has Closed Its Doors
When Joann shut its doors, a lot of Louisiana sewists suddenly lost their go-to spot for cotton, thread,…
By Camille Roth · Sep 24
Louisiana
So Ornate You’ll Swear You Wandered Into Europe, This New Orleans Church Stuns Everyone Who Steps Inside
Walk down Baronne Street in the middle of the New Orleans business district, past hotels and office towers,…
By Camille Roth · Sep 24
Louisiana
This Louisiana Botanical Garden Lets You Wander Past Orchids, Cacti, And 2,000 Kinds Of Plants
Inside of the City Park in New Orleans, the Botanical Garden spreads across 10 acres filled with more…
By Camille Roth · Sep 23
Louisiana
Grab A Bag And Fill It With Free Fossils And Shark Teeth Along This St. Francisville, Louisiana Riverbank
Imagine walking along a creek bed and spotting something that was buried for thousands of years right at…
By Camille Roth · Sep 23
Louisiana
Deep In The Piney Woods, This Louisiana State Park Hides A Miniature Canyon And Creek
In the tall pines near Franklinton, Louisiana, sits a park that surprises almost everyone who wanders in. Bogue…
By Camille Roth · Sep 22
Louisiana
Everyone Rushes To The Louisiana Coast, But This Quiet Lake In The Atchafalaya Basin Is The Real Escape
Most folks heading to Louisiana make a beeline for the coast, but there’s a calmer spot tucked deep…
By Camille Roth · Sep 22
Louisiana
This Louisiana Roadside Lunchroom Bakes Homemade Pies Worth Taking A Whole One Home
Along a stretch of US-71 in the small town of Lecompte, Louisiana, sits a little restaurant that people…
By Camille Roth · Sep 21
Louisiana
Every Fall, Monarch Butterflies Swarm This Louisiana Coast On Their Long Migration South
Every autumn, thousands of orange-and-black monarch butterflies pass through Louisiana on their long journey to Mexico. One of…
By Camille Roth · Sep 21
Louisiana
Bring A Basket To This Louisiana Orchard Where You Pick Satsumas Straight Off The Branch
Along Highway 23 in Belle Chasse there’s a family farm where the fruit really does grow just steps…
By Camille Roth · Sep 20
Louisiana
Rocky & Carlo’s In Chalmette Serves The Overstuffed Po-Boy Locals Line Up For
Just about 20 minutes from downtown New Orleans, there is a little spot in Chalmette where the plates…
By Camille Roth · Sep 20
Louisiana
7 Louisiana Historic Spots Where An Afternoon Of Wandering Turns Into Hours
Louisiana holds onto its past in a way few places do, with old brick sidewalks, iron balconies, and…
By Camille Roth · Sep 19
Louisiana
People Drive Hours To This Louisiana Mexican Buffet For The Fresh-Made Sopapillas
Somewhere on Siegen Lane in Baton Rouge, there is a small Mexican buffet that folks happily drive hours…
By Camille Roth · Sep 19
Louisiana
Once A Busy Sugar Mill, This Louisiana Ruin Now Sits Silent As One Of The State’s Strangest Sights
Just outside Thibodaux, Louisiana, sits a quiet old store surrounded by weathered cabins and rusting farm gear. Laurel…
By Camille Roth · Sep 18
Louisiana
This Free New Orleans Refuge Lets You Fill A Bag With Wild Muscadines Every Late Summer
Just a short drive from the busy streets of New Orleans, there is a wild pocket of marshland…
By Camille Roth · Sep 18
Louisiana
Under Some Of Louisiana’s Darkest Skies, This Campground Makes The Stars Feel Close Enough To Touch
Deep in central Louisiana sits a wild stretch of pine forest where the night sky puts on a…
By Camille Roth · Sep 17
Louisiana
12 Louisiana Basilicas, Cathedrals, And Shrines Worth A Meaningful Road Trip This Year
Louisiana is packed with beautiful old churches that hold centuries of history and stunning art. From soaring steeples…
By Camille Roth · Sep 17
Louisiana
At Lasyone’s In Natchitoches, One Golden Meat Pie Is Worth The Whole Drive
Tucked into the heart of Natchitoches, Louisiana, sits a little restaurant famous for one crispy, golden treat: the…
By Camille Roth · Sep 16
Louisiana
9 Louisiana Ghost-Story Stops That Turn An Ordinary Outing Into A Spooky Night
Louisiana is packed with old buildings that seem to hum with secrets from long ago. From dreamy plantations…
By Camille Roth · Sep 16