Places 1just4looks Wants to Go

Crawfish hand pies, Natchitoches meat pies, and all manner of other sweet or savory, flaky-crusted pastries abound here.

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

The home and birthplace of Caroline Dormon, a naturalist, artist, and the "mother of the Kisatchie National Forest."

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

First opened in 1939, this legendary performance venue was a haven for Black musicians including Ray Charles and Little Richard.

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.