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Some of the South’s most elegant restored plantation homes as well as slave cabins in various states of preservation and an occasional abandoned sugarcane field line both sides of the river between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, juxtaposed in some areas against petrochemical and industrial plants.

Held in early December, the Oak Alley Plantation Christmas Bonfire Party celebrates the holiday with food, dancing and a bonfire on the levee.

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Laura: A Creole Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

St. Joseph Plantation

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