#1 Visit the Louisiana Habitat at the Alexandria Zoo - The Louisiana Habitat Exhibit is a 3½ acre addition to the Alexandria Zoo, completed in October 1998. The exhibit cost approximately $3 million to construct over a 13-month period. Funded by the City of Alexandria, Friends of the Alexandria Zoo, the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism of the State of Louisiana, the Rapides Foundation and many other corporate and individual contributors, this interactive exhibit features the wildlife, flora, architecture, industry and culture of Louisiana.
	#2 Visit Avery Island Touring the visitor center and the pepper sauce factory is just one part of the Avery Island experience. In addition to seeing how we age TABASCO® in white oak barrels and ship it all over the world, you can visit Avery Island's 200-acre Jungle Gardens and see, in season, a variety of azaleas, camellias and bamboo. You might even spy some alligators, deer, nutria, raccoons and black bears that live in the hills and marshes around the gardens. #3 Visit Historic Natchitoches Established in 1714, Natchitoches, Louisiana is the oldest permanent settlement in the entire Louisiana Purchase Territory. With its perfect blend of heritage, tradition, culture, natural resources and innovation, Natchitoches is "Naturally Perfect!" #4 Visit Bayou Pierre Alligator Park Come explore the unique, mysterious, and exciting world of the American Alligator -- at the Bayou Pierre Alligator Park, located just outside of Natchitoches, Louisiana. This 5 acre park is an authentic Cajun countryside, complete with Cajun music, genuine Cajun cuisine, and an abundunce of world-famous Louisiana "joie de vivre". And, of course, don't forget the gators. #4 Take a Honey Island Swamp Tour Take a journey into the swamplands of Louisiana. Picture the moss hanging on gnarled cypress trees as you travel into one of the wildest and most pristine river swamps in America. With the swamp tales of pirates and sightings of Big Foot in the back of your mind, you may be just a little bit nervous at first, but after your first boat ride you'll want to go back again and again! You'll be overcome by the primitive beauty of the cypress trees rising from the water...the sweet smell of wild azaleas in the air.... #5 Visit the Audubon Nature Institute Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Entrgy IMAX Theatre and the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center ... #6 Visit the Alligator Bayou Welcome to Alligator Bayou, an ecotour through a pristine wilderness of winding bayous, alligator swamps and a stunning lake of giant cypress trees. See 'gators, snakes, egrets, herons and our abundant wildlife, and experience the riches of the Cajun culture and others that settled this wetland paradise 300 years ago. #7 Visit Kent House one of the many Louisiana Plantations Kent House is one of the oldest surviving plantations in Louisiana. Tours are available Monday through Saturday and special tours by appointment on Sundays. If you are a visitor or tourist in Louisiana with an interest in historic houses, Kent Plantation House is one of the plantations you will want to tour. #8 Visit the Frogmore Cotton Plantation and Gins Cotton…then and now is the story told at Frogmore Plantation, and visitors can pick cotton all months except May and June when the plants are immature. An 1800-acre working cotton plantation, Frogmore has eighteen restored buildings that date from the early 1800's. Along with the history of the early Natchez planters and their slaves, the tour includes a rare Smithsonian-quality steam cotton gin. Follow the early Natchez planters and their slaves through an evolution from the wilderness to a thriving 1850's cotton plantation, and then beyond the War Between the States to a struggling new lifestyle called sharecropping. #9 Visit the Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area is located approximately halfway between Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana, Hodges is easily accessible on US highway 171. Hodges has become one of the state's most spectacular attractions offering 40 acres of gardens, a 225-acre bass fishing lake, miles of hiking and biking trails, and RV and wilderness camping. #10 Visit the Mall of Louisiana Welcome to the Mall of Louisiana! This dazzling, two-level mall offers 5 anchor stores, over 155 specialty stores, full service restaurants, a food court, an antique carousel and a glass domed center court.