Louisiana
Find Louisiana travel tips, stories, field reports and maps for unusual tourist attractions and landmarks.
Trunkations
Fame! Too Much of it is Killing Fireman Statue
Lafayette - In 1970, two young firemen built a statue outside the Central Fire Station in Lafayette, Louisiana. It's a fireman, stripped to his undershirt, bent over a hose that's writhing like a giant snake, pointing toward an unseen inferno with a dramatic gesture. Full story
Featured Attractions
Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum
Gibsland, Louisiana
Where the doomed road trippers bought their last snack.
Zam's Swamp Tours
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Lots of local gossip from the local characters who show you the swamp.
Voodoo Museum
New Orleans, Louisiana
See a zombie whip, the top hat of America's first voodoo promoter, and a raccoon's penis.
Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Abita Springs: John Preble's UCM Museum [tips]
- Angola: Angola Prison Museum and Rodeo [tips]
- Avery Island: Tabasco Factory, Jungle Gardens [tips]
- Bossier City: Mardi Gras Museum
- Ferriday: Jerry Lee Lewis Family Museum [tips]
- Gibsland: Bonnie & Clyde Museum
- Kentwood: Britney Spears Museum [news]
- Lafayette: Empty Head of Blind Justice [tips]
- Natchitoches: Alligator Schoolbus and Gator Farm [tips]
- New Orleans: Haunted Bed and Breakfast [tips]
- New Orleans: Mardis Gras World [tips]
- New Orleans: Storyland [tips]
- New Orleans: Voodoo Merman, Madam Laveau's Voodoo Shop
- New Orleans: Voodoo Museum
- New Orleans: Westgate Museum of Necromancy [tips]
- Point Pleasant: World's Smallest Church
- Ponchatoula: Old Blue Eyes, Town Alligator [tips]
- Rayne: Frog-crazy town [tips]
- Slidell: Jayne Mansfield's Death Site
