Dave McNamara
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
For much of the last century, people who were diagnosed with Leprosy or Hansen’s disease were required to stay at a hospital in Carville, Louisiana.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
An avid fisherman and duck hunter from the bayou-side town of Galliano has created a massive private collection of cajun history.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 11:42 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
The crater, more than a mile across, was discovered in a rural area of St. Helena Parish in southeastern Louisiana.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 6:30 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A group of little-known world war two ammunition bunkers in belle chase house the largest collection of fish in the world.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 7:16 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
A lot of us would probably call the mosquito the state insect, but it’s actually the honey bee.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2022 at 11:15 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
One of the most successful coaches in football hails from Grambling State University in north Louisiana.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:09 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Hired gunslinger Charles 'Leather Britches' Smith met his end in the area in 1912
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The birthplace of jazz legend Kid Ory in LaPlace also was the scene of a rebellion by enslaved people forced into plantation work.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s a complex of ancient mounds, hidden in the woods of north Louisiana, south of Monroe known as “Watson Brake."
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
If you want to experience a farmers market with a big dose of cajun music and culture, then you need to head to Lafayette.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 3:19 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Cypremort Point State Park is one of the few beaches located in southern Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a favorite for area residents looking to spend a day at the beach.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
There are very few of the old Louisiana dance halls still standing. But in the town of Breaux Bridge, you can still kick up a little dust on the dance floor to the sound of live cajun and zydeco music.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The Northwest Louisiana lake not far from Bossier City is 27 square miles of calm water and Cypress trees draped with moss.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Jay Folse's family has for generations caught freshwater shrimp from the Mississippi River.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
One man’s passion for Louisiana plants and butterflies has led to the creation of a bed and breakfast, where the focus is on nature.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
“A Streetcar Named Desire” was an academy award-winning movie and Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway play. It was written by Tennessee Williams.
Updated: May. 29, 2022 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It has taken nearly two years to bring a southwest Louisiana state park back to life after it was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Laura. Sam Houston Jones is now set to reopen.
Updated: May. 22, 2022 at 2:20 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
The Tchefuncte (Chuh-funk-tah) River near the City of Madisonville has been a popular spot for water enthusiasts for generations. But if you don’t have your own boat, you can still get out on the water and enjoy the wildlife and history along this scenic waterway.
Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
It’s Louisiana’s largest state park, and it also has one of the state’s longest hiking trails. Chicot State Park near Ville Platte is perfect for the outdoor enthusiast.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Eighty years ago, coastal Louisiana was on the front lines of fighting in World War Two, but most Louisianans didn’t know it.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 2:37 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A nearly 200-year-old plantation in central Louisiana is not only a national historic landmark, but it became an artist colony that inspired a well-known Louisiana folk artist.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
A small wooden church near the end of the Mississippi River at Empire has earned the nickname of ‘The Church That Won’t Die.’
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
This unique south Louisiana music had its heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s. And in the city of Ville Platte, they still celebrate their swamp pop music.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 at 1:59 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
As the weather starts to warm in the coming weeks, you may be ready to head outdoors and one of the most popular parks in the state is located less than an hour from New Orleans.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2022 at 3:20 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
People hear a lot about Creole food, music, and culture in Louisiana but a small museum in the city of Opelousas lets visitors step inside an old Creole family home.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2022 at 7:49 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
Cajun musicians will tell you that the best sounding accordions are the ones that are handcrafted in south Louisiana and one of those Cajun accordion makers is Larry Miller.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2022 at 10:43 AM CST
|By Dave McNamara
The old green school house was built in 1921 to serve the children of the tiny community of Husser in Tangipahoa Parish.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2022 at 8:38 PM CST
|By Dave McNamara
The playing of African drums has been a Sunday afternoon tradition in New Orleans’ Congo Square for the past 30 years.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
Back in the 1960′s, Louisiana and Texas had a really big idea. Build a dam on the Sabine River, the boundary between the two states, and create a huge reservoir and also generate electricity.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By Dave McNamara
If you enjoy off-road bicycling on mountain trails, you no longer have to leave Louisiana to experience the thrill.
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