The best way to visit is by rental car or by tour bus from New Orleans. Expect to spend about two hours at the museum. Learn more: The Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Edgard, LA ...

NEW ORLEANS - There's so much to do in New Orleans that a tourist might be forgiven for overlooking attractions just outside the city. But whether you're here for a ...

At first, New Orleans was divided into plantations radiating from the river. Barthelemy Lafon redrew the maps to plan the Lower Garden District. Richard Campanella found old survey lines that remain.

NEW-ORLEANS.; Cholera on the Plantations--Arrival of the Steamer General Meade. Share full article. Sept. 18, 1866. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist ...

The plantation, originally opened in 1752, has been converted into a museum that tells the stories of enslaved people. ... (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

The best way to visit is by rental car or by tour bus from New Orleans. Expect to spend about two hours at the museum. Learn more: The Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Edgard, LA ...

The plantation, originally opened in 1752, has been converted into a museum that tells the stories of enslaved people.