Oddly Louisiana

Jelly Elliott For 3 years during the 1950s, Americans across the country would tune into their favorite radio program and hear the jingl...

In St. Charles Parish near the entrance to  LaBranche Plantation in St. Rose, Lousiana, just off 11244 River Road, marked by a small stone...

One of the strangest folklore mysteries of our state is possibly one of the most haunting.   Inside Cameron parish exists a rather large l...

Vermilion River Growing up in Lafayette, I can remember taking Louisiana history in school.  We learned about the 13 colonies, the Spani...

The lake was a 10-foot (3 m) deep freshwater lake popular with sportsmen until an unusual man-made disaster on November 20, 1980, changed th...

Whiskey Bay Exit Deep in the southern part of the state, off the Atchafalaya bridge, lies an out-of-place area near the interstate.  On ...

Introduction... Always wanted to share stories and places of odd things about our state.  I hope to place information regarding offbeat,...