Louisiana

Jazz, Gumbo, and Absinthe In The Home of Mardi Gras

While New Orleans and Mardi Gras may come first to mind, Louisiana is a state with a unique and distinctly American culture. A collision of cultures in colonial Louisiana resulted in the Creole community whose unique cuisine, music, and architecture remains today. The states extended southern border along the Gulf of Mexico and winding waterways also makes it an excellent destination of seafood and water sports.

Things To See In Louisiana

Wander down Bourbon Street.

Fill your belly with local gumbo.

Listen to jazz at Preservation Hall.

See the green fairy at Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

Sample boudin and cracklings

Fill your heroine prescription at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

Have a cafe au latte & beignets at Cafe Du Monde

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

Oddities

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

Oddities

Visiting Parks In Louisiana

Hiking In Louisiana

Camping In Louisiana

Boudin And Cracklings

Cracklings are fried pork skin akin to pork rinds. They were chopped into greasy bitesized rectangles. When asked how much we wanted, we looked at each other questioningly. The woman behind the counter clarified: "in pounds."
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

Medicine may be one of the most expressive examples of how society has progressed and improved over time. Doctors have done a lot of crazy and down right dangerous things in the attempt to heal people, whether their malady is
The Great Gumbo Excursion

The Great Gumbo Excursion was conceived at the House of Blues when we tasted their gumbo and wondered: is this legit? The broth was so brown, it seemed rice and sausage heavy with a shortage of shrimp and absence of