Best Places to Visit in Louisiana
Sometimes you just want to get out and explore. We try to strike a good balance of places that you will really enjoy. Finding ideas for family friendly outings, or interesting places to go in Louisiana with your friends, both are at your fingertips here with America Top 10. We aim to give you plenty of ideas without you having to do all the research. That way you can easily decide if you want to explore Louisiana sites or check out the sites in another state.
You have also heard how it is becoming a lot more popular to have staycations (where you stay home instead of going to far off places) and discover new and interesting places in the near vicinity. We try to make that easier for you. Check out the sites in Louisiana that have become local favorites easily with our site.
We hope that we have provided you plenty of choices in Louisiana whether this is a new area for you or your own back yard. Something a little different from the typical amusement park. If you really loved somewhere but don’t see them on our list let us know, we are always looking to improve our lists and we can only do that with your help.
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
Ogebon Museum
New Orleans, LA
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art/university of New Orleans is home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern art in the world. It is also the home to the Center of Southern Craft and Design. The Museum’s weekly music series is every Thursday night, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Rip Van Winkle Gardens
New Iberia, LA
Lose yourself in a wonderland of flora and fauna, a twenty five-acre semi tropical paradise that captures the senses and cleanses the soul. Discover a year-round explosion of color where irises, magnolias, hibiscus, camellias, azaleas, thousands of springtime bulbs and a breathtaking array of annuals paint a landscape across the Southern sky. As you walk through the Gardens, you will see many unusual plants and historic sites.
Old Louisiana State Capitol
Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, a Gothic architectural treasure, stands high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The 165-year-old statehouse has withstood war, fire, scandal, bitter debate, abandonment and an occasional fistfight. Today, the building stands as a testament to bold, inspired leadership and active citizenship.
Party Central Family Fun Center
Bossier City, LA
Acadian Cultural Center
Lafayette, LA
The Acadian Cultural Center in Lafayette tells stories of the origins, migration, settlement, and contemporary culture of the Acadians (Cajuns) and other area groups. Ranger programs, films, exhibits, and events share a variety of local traditions including music, story-telling, dance, and food, and explore the mysteries of the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana’s wildest place.
Zoosiana
Broussard, LA
For more than two decades, the communities throughout the Acadiana and southwest Louisiana areas have cherished and grown with the zoo. From humble beginnings as a small menagerie in the early 1990’s to today’s accredited zoological park, Zoosiana continues to proudly connect guests to the natural world, through a strong commitment to education, conservation, and up-close-and-personal, pure excitement.
Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center is a 103-acre facility dedicated to conservation, education, recreation and tourism. It houses an award-winning, 9500-square-foot building filled with live animal exhibits; photographic presentations of the site’s flora and fauna; natural artifact and mineral displays; and a sizable, vintage waterfowl decoy carving collection. Ecology and art exhibits are featured periodically. Wildlife is plentiful at Bluebonnet Swamp, including hundreds of bird species utilizing the site throughout the year.
Alexandria Zoological Park
Alexandria, LA
It is the mission of the Alexandria Zoological Park to promote understanding and conservation of the natural world in which they live. The Alexandria Zoological Park strives to increase services to their community by development of new educational programs and to continue with the conservation of endangered species.
Shreveport Water Works Museum
Shreveport, LA