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.
7.8 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.
9 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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…
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…
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,…
Living history museum in Lafayette recreating the Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures of the Attakapas region from 1765 to 1890.
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…
Pull over here for a second, I want to tell you about the Venus House. It gives us a rare window into the lives of free Creole women of color in Louisiana. Marie François Venus, a free woman of color, owned this house…
Opelousas sits on a subtle rise, a gentle swell of land that belies its relative height. At 66 feet above sea level, it's high ground compared to much of southern Louisiana, a place where the flat coastal plain begins…
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…
The largest river swamp in North America at nearly one million acres, where the Mississippi River is slowly trying to change course.