Seven Louisiana Pumpkin Patches And Mazes Worth Driving To This Month
October in Louisiana finally gives you a reason to stand in a field on purpose. From a 12-acre corn maze near Dry Creek to a…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 6, 2026
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Tender Pernil And Well-Seasoned Mofongo Fill The Plates At This Small-Town Louisiana Puerto Rican Kitchen
Behind an old cafe sign on South Third Street in Leesville, a husband and wife are serving roast…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 6
Louisiana
An Entire Louisiana Warehouse Of Old Doors, Shutters And Heart Pine Will Have You Redesigning Your House
On North Solomon Street in Mid-City New Orleans, a big warehouse and yard hold stacks of old doors,…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 5
Louisiana
This Louisiana Needlepoint Shop Turns One Quick Thread Run Into A Fully Kitted Canvas Project
Plenty of people walk into The Little Needlepoint Shop in Lafayette needing one skein of thread. A good…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 5
Louisiana
These 12 Stops Along Louisiana’s Creole Nature Trail Show A Different Side Of The Coast At Every Turn
The Creole Nature Trail runs about 180 miles through southwest Louisiana, looping from Sulphur and Lake Charles down…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 4
Louisiana
Candles, Masks And Shadowy Shelves Fill This Royal Street Shop Built On New Orleans Mystery
Halfway down the 700 block of Royal Street, a doorway glows red and blue against the old French…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 4
Louisiana
Hundreds Of Hand-Made Mardi Gras Costumes Fill This Lake Charles Museum
Some Mardi Gras costumes stand taller than the people wearing them, and a few hundred of them now…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 3
Louisiana
Sunday Jazz Brunch Comes With A Jackson Square View At This Louisiana Restaurant Set Inside A 19th-Century Building
On weekend mornings at the corner of Chartres and St. Ann, a jazz trio warms up while St.…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 3
Louisiana
With A Cappella Chants, Incense And Candlelight, This Louisiana Orthodox Cathedral Feels A World Away
Near Bayou St. John in New Orleans, a Greek Orthodox cathedral fills its Sunday mornings with unaccompanied voices,…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 2
Louisiana
8 Louisiana Antique Malls So Packed With Booths That A Quick Look Eats The Whole Day
The plan is always the same: pop in for twenty minutes, glance at a few booths, and get…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 2
Louisiana
This Louisiana Record Store Stacks So Much Vinyl You’ll Lose An Afternoon Flipping Crates
Two floors of records sit inside Euclid Records on Chartres Street in the Bywater, and most people who…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 1
Louisiana
Seven Louisiana Bookstores So Crammed With Used Paperbacks That Browsing Swallows Your Whole Saturday
Some Saturdays start with a quick errand and end hours later with a stack of paperbacks under your…
By Nolan Frey · Oct 1
Louisiana
Soda Jerks Still Hand-Mix Sodas And Floats At This Vintage Soda Fountain In Downtown Lafayette
On Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette, a small diner called Sunday’s still builds root beer floats, Italian cream…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 30
Louisiana
This Louisiana Country Market Stocks Homemade Jams And Local Makers’ Handmade Finds Inside An Old Train Station
Mayhaw jelly, beeswax candles shaped like bunnies, and jars of chow chow all share shelf space inside a…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 30
Louisiana
8 Louisiana Yarn And Craft Shops Where One Quick Supply Run Turns Into An Afternoon
You only needed one skein of navy cotton and a size 8 needle. Then the shelf of hand-dyed…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 29
Louisiana
Candlelight, Old Brick And A Live Piano Make This Bourbon Street Bar Feel Centuries Old
At the far end of Bourbon Street, a low old building glows with tiny candles while a piano…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 29
Louisiana
This 1800s Church In Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Looks So Much Like Old Europe You’ll Forget Where You Are
A tall belfry capped with a French-style mansard roof rises above the live oaks of Grand Coteau, and…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 28
Louisiana
This Louisiana Kitchen Serves Slavic Food So Hearty You’ll Swear You’re Eating At Babushka’s Table
On St. Bernard Avenue in New Orleans, a small room with mismatched chairs once turned out pierogi, borscht,…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 28
Louisiana
This Free Louisiana Folk Art Garden On The Bayou Turns One Artist’s Spiritual Journey Into Something Wonderful
On a small lot beside Bayou Petit Caillou, more than 100 concrete figures stand in the grass, and…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 27
Louisiana
Melrose On The Cane In Melrose, Louisiana, Holds The Painted Walls Of Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
Upstairs in a squat, oddly roofed building on the Cane River, nine painted plywood panels tell the story…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 27
Louisiana
8 Louisiana Flea Markets Where Saturday Morning Browsing Easily Stretches Into Supper
The first vendor tables start filling up around 8 on a Saturday morning in Lafayette, and by late…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 26
Louisiana
This Louisiana Neighborhood Pizza Joint Bakes A Cracker-Like Crust Regulars Keep Coming Back For
On a busy stretch of Magazine Street in New Orleans, a small pizza shop has built its following…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 26
Louisiana
Check Out Real Train Cars And A Century-Old Building Full Of Railroad Memorabilia At This Louisiana Train Museum
A 1913 steam engine sits under a pavilion on Lake Charles Avenue in DeQuincy, a short walk from…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 25
Louisiana
This Louisiana Walk-Up Stand Draws Lines For Its Chili-Cheese Dogs And Frozen Treats
On South Landry Drive in New Iberia, cars stack up outside a small take-out window where the menu…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 25
Louisiana
This Enormous Terrytown, Louisiana Asian Market Stocks Ingredients Most Grocery Stores Never Carry
On the West Bank of the Mississippi River, a warehouse-sized grocery store on Behrman Highway carries five kinds…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 24
Louisiana
St. Louis Cathedral Has Anchored New Orleans’s Jackson Square Since The 1720s
Look toward the back of Jackson Square in New Orleans and you cannot miss the three white spires…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 24
Louisiana
This Louisiana Forge Puts A Hammer In Your Hand And Sends You Home With Iron You Forged Yourself
On a quiet street in New Orleans, there is a little workshop where sparks fly and hot iron…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 23
Louisiana
Bring The Kids To This Ponchatoula, Louisiana Gator Farm Where You Meet Turtles And Alligators Up Close
Imagine standing just a few feet from a 13-foot alligator, then turning around to hold a baby gator…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 23
Louisiana
At This Louisiana Preserve, A Safari Wagon Rolls You Right Up To Free-Roaming Giraffes
Picture yourself sitting in a big covered wagon when a giraffe leans in, stretches out its purple tongue,…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 22
Louisiana
This Massive Louisiana Salvage Warehouse Is Packed With Architectural Treasures You Could Hunt Through For Hours
Imagine walking into a building the size of an entire city block, every corner stacked with old doors,…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 22
Louisiana
Seven Louisiana Depots And Freight Stations That Still Show Off The Rail Era’s Grand Scale
Long before highways crisscrossed Louisiana, trains carried people and goods across the state, and grand depots marked every…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 21
Louisiana
For Under Ten Dollars, This Retro Louisiana Skating Rink Still Spins Records Like It’s 1975
Along Terry Parkway in Terrytown sits a skating rink that has been rolling since the disco days. Skate…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 21
Louisiana
This New Orleans Oddities Shop Is A Full Descent Into The Beautifully Bizarre
In the French Quarter of New Orleans, there is a shop where the strange and the beautiful sit…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 20
Louisiana
At This Louisiana Museum, Tribe Members Tell Their Own History In Their Own Words
In the small town of Charenton sits a museum where the storytellers are the story. The Chitimacha Museum…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 20
Louisiana
They Say Restless Spirits Still Roam This Old Fort Pike In New Orleans After The Gates Close
Fort Pike has been standing just east of New Orleans for nearly 200 years, and it has picked…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 19
Louisiana
Bring A Bucket To This Free Louisiana Beach Where The Ground Is Scattered With Shells
If you love coming home from the beach with pockets full of shells, Rutherford Beach should be on…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 19
Louisiana
This Beautiful Louisiana Basilica Holds Relics And Stained Glass That Stop Visitors In Their Tracks
In the oldest town in Louisiana, there is a church that surprises nearly everyone who walks through its…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 18
Louisiana
Every Fall, Thousands Of Migrating Birds Fill This Louisiana Refuge For A Sight Worth Planning Around
Louisiana sits at the bottom of a giant highway in the sky called the Mississippi Flyway, where millions…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 18
Louisiana
9 Louisiana Swamp Tours Where You Drift Right Past Alligators And Ancient Cypress
Louisiana’s swamps feel like stepping into another world, where sunlight filters through moss-draped cypress and alligators glide silently…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 17
Louisiana
This Louisiana Vintage Store Draws Treasure Hunters From All Over For Its Rare Finds
Imagine a shop where every corner holds a surprise. C J’s Antiques & Collectibles fills more than 15,000…
By Nolan Frey · Sep 17