Vermilionville Living History Museum
1765Living history museum in Lafayette recreating the Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures of the Attakapas region from 1765 to 1890.
5.4 mi away
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Living history museum in Lafayette recreating the Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures of the Attakapas region from 1765 to 1890.
The largest river swamp in North America at nearly one million acres, where the Mississippi River is slowly trying to change course.
Home of McIlhenny Company, makers of Tabasco sauce since 1868, located on a salt dome island in the Louisiana marshes.
State historic site in St. Martinville associated with Longfellow's 1847 poem 'Evangeline,' which told the story of the Acadian expulsion and became the founding myth of Cajun Louisiana.
13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
You're near a landmark that witnessed the Civil War: the Vermilion Inn, now known as Café Vermilionville. Built around 1835, this Greek Revival building started as a rural inn near the Vermilion River. During the Civil…
Living history museum in Lafayette recreating the Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures of the Attakapas region from 1765 to 1890.
Originally established as Vermilionville in the 1820s and incorporated in 1836, this place developed as an agricultural community. A significant shift occurred with the introduction of retail and entertainment centers,…
The land around Lafayette is flat, almost imperceptibly rising from the coastal marshes towards slightly higher ground. This gentle slope, barely noticeable to the eye, is the legacy of the Mississippi River's ancient…
Pull over here for a minute; this spot is steeped in legend, thanks to a famous poem! This is Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, and it's all about the story of Evangeline. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published…
Imagine the whispers of generations echoing through the Spanish moss. Shadows-on-the-Teche isn't just a beautiful house; it's a window into a complex past. Built in 1834 for David Weeks, this was once a thriving sugar…
Ever wonder where your rice comes from? Right here in Iberia Parish stands the Conrad Rice Mill, the oldest independently owned rice mill in the US, established way back in 1912! They've been milling rice here ever…
The largest river swamp in North America at nearly one million acres, where the Mississippi River is slowly trying to change course.
Where Tabasco sauce has been made since 1868. Tour the factory and the beautiful Jungle Gardens.
Pull over if you want to taste some history! This unassuming island is where Tabasco sauce was born. In the years after the Mexican-American War, around 1849, Edmund McIlhenny married Mary Eliza Avery and moved to her…
Home of McIlhenny Company, makers of Tabasco sauce since 1868, located on a salt dome island in the Louisiana marshes.
Pull over here for a minute, because this place is packed with history! Chretien Point Plantation, right near Sunset, Louisiana, witnessed a Civil War battle on its grounds. Built before the Civil War, this twelve-room…
State historic site in St. Martinville associated with Longfellow's 1847 poem 'Evangeline,' which told the story of the Acadian expulsion and became the founding myth of Cajun Louisiana.