SPORTMAN’S PARADISE BUCKET LIST LEARN THE HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN ICON Biedenharn Museum & Gardens in Monroe is home to a huge collection of Coca-Cola® memorabilia and lush botanical gardens. SIP A LOUISIANA MICROBREW IF YOU HAVE MORE TIME… • Tour the Eddie G. Robinson Museum in Grambling • See how Louisiana wine is made at Landry Vineyards & Winery in West Monroe Monroe and neighboring West Monroe are charming towns with plenty of hidden treasures. Check out Antique Alley and the Duck Commander Warehouse (made famous by the reality TV show Duck Dynasty ) in West Monroe, and cultural attractions Chennault Aviation & Military Museum and the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe. • Let kids’ imagination run wild at Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum in Monroe Experience Louisiana by the pint at Great Raft Brewing and Red River Brewing Company’s taprooms in Shreveport, and at Flying Heart Brewing’s bar in Bossier City. GET YOUR PHOTO TAKEN WITH ELVIS PRESLEY Find Elvis (or a statue of him, anyway) outside the entrance to Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, a venue that’s hosted some of music’s biggest names since the 1920s. EAT THE MUFFY PHOTOS: (OPPOSITE PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) Antique Coke truck ©Biedenharn Museum & Gardens ; Camping at Lake D’Arbonne State Park; Pink Flamingo Cocktail at Herby K’s ©Jim Noetzel ; Antique Alley ©Matthew Thibodeaux ; Germantown Colony Museum; (THIS PAGE, FROM TOP) Homer Humphreys shes at Bayou Dorcheat; Louisiana Peach Festival; Great Raft Brewery ©Jim Mueller ; ©Landry Vineyards & Winery , (SIDEBAR) Soda Jerk ©Biedenharn Museum & Gardens Fertitta’s Delicatessen is a Shreveport institution, famous in part for its muffuletta sandwich. Piled high with meat, cheese and an olive mix, it’s a meal worth writing home about. http://LouisianaTravel.com 135
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