Over two centuries ago, hundreds of enslaved individuals fled from a plantation in LaPlace, and embarked on a march along the Mississippi River toward New Orleans which led to an uprising. This ...

Swamp boat tours are such a fun thing to do in Louisiana, but if you really want to take your aquatic adventures to the next level, sign up for a Manchac Swamp Kayak Tour. Paddling through the Manchac ...

Solomon Northup was a free Black man living in Saratoga Springs, New York—a married, educated carpenter and musician—when two ...

The workers are suing Bayou Sugar Growers, a St. Martinville company that also has farms in Iberville and Pointe Coupee.

The new trail includes signs at seven historic sites with brief histories in both English and Kouri-Vini, also known as ...

Popular contemporary ideas about frontier life are often molded by television and movie Westerns. The generic landscapes tend ...

The current house, which bears an elegant curve to its Washington Avenue façade, was sold to William J. Hammond, a ship’s ...

Louisiana official says ATF Special Response team is ready for the Sugar Bowl and gears up for the Super Bowl after Bourbon St. terrorist attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In Louisiana, about 1 out of every 100 people is incarcerated, making the state a global leader in imprisonment. This ...

Converse, a rural village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, has a prominent place in the education of African Americans ...

President Jimmy Carter has died at 100 years old and has left behind an impressive legacy. Read here about the 39th president's ties to Louisiana.

As they continue their great American road trip by RV, Simon Veness and Susan Veness roll through ancient waterways, crawfish ...