DISCOVERING THE PELICAN STATE’S SUPERLATIVE ATTRACTIONS
It’s exceedingly easy to fall under Louisiana’s spell: paddling swamps, sucking the heads off crawfish, dancing to zydeco, meandering the above-ground cemeteries. Truly a state unlike any other, its counties (called parishes), are a nod to Louisiana’s Roman Catholic history. Its culture resembles a spicy gumbo, a rich roux with roots in Africa, the Caribbean, France, French Canada, Haiti, and Spain.