Subcategory: Attractions

Discover why Natchitoches has been a destination of travelers since 1714– take a FREE guided walking tour of the Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District! The...
Walk down forest trails, savor the beauty of the Louisiana iris bog, admire the reflection pool, and enjoy the most complete botanical and wildlife sanctuary...
NSU Fine + Graphic Arts Department is the home to two galleries that feature exhibitions of professional works by internationally, nationally, and regionally acclaimed artists...
Marie Therese Coin-Coin, an enslaved woman, and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer, her French owner, had many children together after Coin-Coin was freed. On land acquired...
Magnolia Plantation has 20 historic buildings remaining, including the plantation store, overseer’s house/hospital, blacksmith shop, eight slave/tenant cabins, and gin barn.  The main house is...
From a 80 foot high bluff, the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Grand Ecore Visitor Center offers extraordinary views of Red River. The grounds are host...
The Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery features sixteen tanks of native fish species highlighting river habitats from the South Eastern United States. The station is involved...
The 1st floor museum is no longer open to the public. The 2nd floor houses Natchitoches Genealogy Library.  It is open Tuesday – Friday, 9am...
Los Adaes, the symbol of New Spain in Louisiana, was once the capital of Texas and the scene of a unique cooperation among the French,...
Oakland Plantation has 17 of its original outbuildings still remaining. Outbuildings still on the plantation include two pigeonniers, an overseer’s house, massive roofed log corn crib,...