Everything Donaldsonville is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Donaldsonville.
Antebellum sugar plantation along the Mississippi River, famous for its quarter-mile alley of 300-year-old live oak trees and its unflinching presentation of slavery's reality.
The largest surviving antebellum mansion in the South, a 53,000-square-foot Greek Revival and Italianate house on the Mississippi River completed in 1859.
The only plantation museum in Louisiana dedicated exclusively to telling the story of slavery, opened in 2014 after sixteen years of research and restoration.
21 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Built as a wedding gift, this Greek Revival plantation home tells a story of love and legacy in Louisiana's plantation country. Marius Pons Bringier commissioned L'Hermitage in 1812 as a gift for his son, Michel…
Right here, at St. Emma Plantation, the echoes of the Civil War still linger. This wasn't a major battle, but a skirmish that reminds us even seemingly peaceful places were touched by the conflict. In the fall of 1862,…
Marvel at the Greek Revival architecture of this 1837 plantation house, a testament to the wealth and grandeur of Louisiana's antebellum past. Built by Marius Pons Bringier, the house stands as a prime example of Greek…
Here, where the cane fields once stretched as far as the eye could see, stands Evan Hall, a stark reminder of Louisiana's complex past. By 1807, Evan Jones established this plantation to produce sugar. Later, Henry…
Imagine the lives intertwined here, where grand architecture met back-breaking labor on the banks of Bayou Lafourche. This is Belle Alliance Plantation, a name that echoes through the history of this Louisiana…
Pull over and listen to this – you're practically breathing the same air as sugar barons of old! The Houmas, now known as Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, was once a sprawling sugar plantation named after the Houma…
Imagine living like a 19th-century sugar baron! Ashland Plantation, also known as Belle Helene, offers a glimpse into that world. Built around 1841, this grand estate was the home of Duncan Farrar Kenner, a prominent…
Imagine being banished, not for a crime, but for a disease. That's the story of Carville. From 1894 until 1999, this site served as the National Leprosarium, later known as the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center.…
This humble church represents a beacon of hope in the aftermath of slavery. St. John the Baptist Church was built around 1871 to serve the newly freed African-American community of Dorseyville. It provided a place for…
The largest surviving antebellum mansion in the South, a 53,000-square-foot Greek Revival and Italianate house on the Mississippi River completed in 1859.
Imagine a palace rising from the Louisiana sugarcane fields—that was Nottoway Plantation. It was the largest antebellum mansion in the South. Built by John Hampden Randolph in 1859, this massive Greek Revival and…
Imagine life on a sugarcane plantation at this beautifully preserved house, located on the banks of Bayou Lafourche. Madewood Plantation House, completed around 1848, was the vision of Colonel Thomas Pugh. He sought a…
Antebellum sugar plantation along the Mississippi River, famous for its quarter-mile alley of 300-year-old live oak trees and its unflinching presentation of slavery's reality.
A quarter-mile canopy of 300-year-old oak trees leading to an antebellum mansion on the Mississippi.
Imagine a world of immense wealth built on unimaginable suffering. That's the story whispered by the wind as you approach Oak Alley Plantation. Originally named Bon Séjour, this land was transformed in the early 1700s…
Imagine life on a working sugar plantation, a slice of Louisiana history still thriving today. St. Joseph Plantation, built around 1830, has been in the same family for generations. The original owner, Valcour Aime, was…
Imagine receiving an entire plantation as a wedding gift! That's exactly what happened here at Felicity Plantation. Built around 1846, Felicity Plantation was a wedding present from wealthy sugar planter Valcour Aime to…
Imagine a world shaped by sugar cane and the lives interwoven within a Creole plantation. Laura Plantation, originally known as Duparc Plantation, offers a glimpse into that complex history. Founded in the early 1800s,…
Take a look at the Audubon Plantation! This grand old house whispers tales of Louisiana's sugar cane past. The origins of Audubon Plantation are a bit of a mystery, but the mansion itself was completed around 1850. We…
Ever wonder how engineers move massive boats between waterways with different water levels? Here's a spot where they did it with some serious ingenuity. This is the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site. 1909, after 14…
The only plantation museum in Louisiana dedicated exclusively to telling the story of slavery, opened in 2014 after sixteen years of research and restoration.