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St. George Building

    Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 1907 - 2007

      Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 100th Anniversary

        The Original Boardwalk "Black & White" Ice Cream Stand

          Loofe Carousel

            Teche Tunnel

            Running below here said to be used as an escape route for early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte leading to Bayou Teche.

            Running below here said to be used as an escape route for early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte leading to Bayou Teche.

            • louisiana
            • new iberia
            • jean lafitte
            • pomeroy

            Shadows-on-the-Teche

            Life Began Along Bayou Teche Shadows-on-the-Teche is a historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A white-columned brick building constructed between 1831 and...

            Life Began Along Bayou Teche Shadows-on-the-Teche is a historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A white- columned brick building constructed between 1831 and...

            • louisiana
            • plantation
            • new iberia

            The Massé - Darby House

            Represents a distinct style of French Colonial domestic architecture once common throughout Louisiana but now rare. Built on a Spanish land-grant to Andre Massé. Probably in the period 1764-1776,...

            Represents a distinct style of French Colonial domestic architecture once common throughout Louisiana but now rare. Built on a Spanish land- grant to Andre Massé. Probably in the period 1764-1776,...

            • louisiana
            • architecture
            • st. mary parish

            Bayou Teche Patriots

            In early 1779, Francisco Bouligny led a group of Spanish colonists to establish a new town called Nueva Iberia on the banks of Bayou Teche in the Attakapas region. By August of that year,...

            In early 1779, Francisco Bouligny led a group of Spanish colonists to establish a new town called Nueva Iberia on the banks of Bayou Teche in the Attakapas region. By August of that...

            • louisiana
            • revolutionary war
            • iberia parish

            Brownell Memorial Park and Campanile

            This park, tower and carillon is a gift to mankind by the Brownell Foundation, endowed by Mrs, Claire H. Brownell who wishing to commemorate the memory of her parents and family has provided this...

            This park, tower and carillon is a gift to mankind by the Brownell Foundation, endowed by Mrs, Claire H. Brownell who wishing to commemorate the memory of her parents and family has provided this...

            • louisiana
            • carillon
            • bell tower
            • nature
            • park

            Baton Rouge Film Trail - Celtic Studio

            "I can't shake the feeling, in spite of all that's happened, earth is still my home." - Tom Cruise as Jack in Oblivion (2013) As the premier purpose-built stage space of Louisiana, Celtic Studios...

            "I can't shake the feeling, in spite of all that's happened, earth is still my home." - Tom Cruise as Jack in Oblivion (2013) As the premier purpose- built stage space of Louisiana, Celtic Studios...

            • louisiana
            • baton rouge
            • film
            • movies
            • studio

            Goudeau School 1905-1952

            The Goudeau School was built in the 1930s by the Avoyelles Parish school authorities to educate African American children. It evolved out of the Antioch Baptist Church, started on this location in...

            The Goudeau School was built in the 1930s by the Avoyelles Parish school authorities to educate African American children. It evolved out of the Antioch Baptist Church, started on this location in...

            • louisiana
            • education
            • african americans

            Simon Bolivar

              Liverpool Royal Navy

                In Serach of the Pony Express: Solano House

                  West Bow-Well

                    Davis Pony Express River Steamers

                      Nantucket Railroad

                      The Nantucket Railroad operated for 36 years from 1881 to 1917. It started from Steamboat Wharf and traveled along the Easy Street basin across this site, ultimately transporting passengers to...

                      The Nantucket Railroad operated for 36 years from 1881 to 1917. It started from Steamboat Wharf and traveled along the Easy Street basin across this site, ultimately transporting passengers to...

                      • railroad
                      • nantucket
                      • resorts

                      The Algonquin Round Table

                      The Algonquin Hotel Site of the legendary Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s where such acid-tongued wits as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcot traded barbs and bon mots daily...

                      The Algonquin Hotel Site of the legendary Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s where such acid-tongued wits as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcot traded barbs and bon mots daily...

                      • sinclair lewis
                      • william faulkner
                      • harold ross
                      • gertrude stein
                      • james thurber

                      Belvedere Tower

                      Belvedere Tower Erected in 1869 as a lookout, it now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in...

                      Belvedere Tower Erected in 1869 as a lookout, it now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in...

                      • meteorology
                      • belvedere tower
                      • belvedere castle
                      • central park