NORTH LOUISIANA Kisatchie National Forest Explore the Outdoors Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum, Gibsland Teddy Roosevelt and Joseph Pulitzer loved to hunt in this part of Louisiana, now made famous by “Duck Dynasty.” Not that much has changed since the president and the publishing magnate pitched their tents here. The magic of the Kisatchie National Forest and several Louisiana State Parks here is legendary. Go hiking, biking, horseback riding, birdwatching or kayaking. There are trophy-size bass with your name on them, too. Must-See Museum Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met their end in a stolen V8 Ford, killed in a police ambush near Gibsland, Louisiana. In 2005, the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum opened in this small town, in what used to be Ma Canfield’s Café. Minutes before the ambush, the couple ordered a fried baloney sandwich and BLT to go. They say Bonnie died holding her half-eaten sandwich. The Biedenharn Museum & Gardens Coke Museum • Bible Museum Historic Home & Gardens Only Louisiana Before ceasing operation in the mid-2000s, Shreveport’s Orlandeaux’s Café was the oldest continuously operated African-American business in the U.S. During the Civil Rights Era, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy came here for their famous stuffed shrimp and gumbo. Known over the years as Freeman & Harris Café, Pete Harris Café and Brother’s Seafood, it was reopened by family members in 2018 as Orlandeaux’s Café. It and its previous iterations have been serving Shreveport guests “Just the Way You Like It” since 1921. Groups ask about the Taste of Louisiana Tour. Home of 5¢ Cokes in glass bottles from antique Coca-Cola Machines. bmuseum.org 2000 Riverside Drive • Monroe, LA Tuesday-Saturday lOam-5pm • 318-387-5281 #OnlyLouisiana @LouisianaTravel 101
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