We have focused on just one section of plantation homes in the Mississippi valley, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. There are other plantations scattered here and there. About 15 miles northwes… ...

All along the old River Road snaking along the Mississippi between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, plantations once thrived a stone’s throw from the river’s edge.

Festivals can’t be handed down like keepsakes, so when Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie recently decided to end its longtime arts and crafts event, it left a vacuum for the fourth weekend of ...

The winds of Hurricane Ida have significantly damaged the iconic oak trees of Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana, where productions ranging from “Interview With the Vampire” to Beyoncé’s ...

After visiting Oak Alley with its twin rows of 300-year-old oaks and impressive Greek Revival architecture, I found the modest appearance of the Laura Plantation an interesting contrast. Laura is ...

It was here – or, specifically, Oak Alley Plantation – where the NBC soap's characters Beauregard "Bo" Brady and Hope Williams came in the mid-1980s to first squeak some bed springs.

Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie offers self-guided tours of slave cabins, and, based on interest, they hope to begin guided tours soon.

On the local level, Laura Plantation, Oak Alley and others have stepped up their games by adding narratives about slavery to their standard tours. Still, Whitney Plantation is wondrously singular.