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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
Glide deep into the hauntingly beautiful Atchafalaya Basin — America's largest river swamp — on a private airboat, spotting wild alligators, herons, and cypress giants draped in Spanish moss while a Cajun guide narrates centuries of bayou life.
Step inside the Gothic castle that Mark Twain called 'a monstrosity' — and discover why that's a compliment. Louisiana's Old State Capitol is a jaw-dropping stained-glass-and-iron marvel housing vivid political drama that shaped American history.
Explore Baton Rouge's layered past — from French colonial roots to civil rights milestones — led by the city's most decorated local historians on the #1-rated tour in town, weaving architecture, politics, and Southern culture into one unforgettable journey.
Climb aboard the 'Pirate of the Pacific,' one of the most intact WWII Fletcher-class destroyers in existence, moored dramatically on the Mississippi riverbank — then go below decks with a veteran docent for a private tour most visitors never experience.
Wander 32 acres of authentic 19th-century Louisiana plantation buildings — one of the South's most comprehensive outdoor folk museums — with a private curator-led tour that reveals the full, unvarnished story of Creole and African American rural life.
Enter one of the oldest and most authentically preserved French Creole plantation houses in America — a raised cottage of bousillage walls and cypress timbers dating to the 1790s — guided by costumed interpreters who bring the colonial era viscerally alive.
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