Louisiana Travel Guide - 2026
Historical Sites & Attractions
2026-02-18 07:31:03
EXPLORE PLACES THAT TELL LOUISIANA’S STORY
TOUCH, SEE, HEAR & FEEL THE PAST AT THESE HISTORICAL SITES
Louisiana’s legacy lives in battlegrounds, preserved political halls, community museums and cultural sites that document the people and events that shaped the state. You can walk in those same steps to gain a better understanding of our rich history.
Whitney Plantation Museum in Edgard honors enslaved individuals whose names are etched in stone and echoed in recorded narratives as you wander the history-laden grounds. North in Natchitoches, Magnolia Plantation traces its former operations with preserved quarters of the enslaved, a blacksmith shop and interpretive signage.
Known as the “Castle on the River,” the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge charts two centuries of political power struggles inside a building brimming with artifacts and wrapped with kaleidoscopic stained glass. Outside, discover a Civil Rights Trail marker that commemorates the peak of the movement. In New Orleans at the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum, photos and archival footage document decades of grassroots organizing.
The Civil War’s longest siege unfolded at Port Hudson State Historic Site near Zachary, where exhibits detail the regiments who fought there. In Hammond, the Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum uses regional artwork and archival materials to tell stories of community, resistance and culture.
Discover the WWII training exercises that shaped U.S. combat strategy at the Louisiana Maneuvers Military Museum in Pineville, with maps, gear and barrack replicas. At Grambling State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), the Eddie G. Robinson Museum celebrates one of college football’s most influential coaches with re-created locker rooms, photography and trophies.
In DeSoto Parish, visit the first women’s institute of higher learning west of the Mississippi River at Mansfield Female College Museum. The buildings served as a hospital for wounded soldiers during the Civil War, but today hold art, pottery and crafts made by its former students.
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