WillowBend56 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 A fun trip to make if you're in Acadiana is a drive to Avery Island. First of all, there's a beautiful aviary maintained there that's a garden treasure as well. Secondly, it's the home of Tabasco sauce as produced in Louisiana by the McIlhenny family since 1868. Neat factory tour and gift ship make additional reasons to detour there. The site sits on a massive salt dome.Link:http://www.tabasco.com/avery-island/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Don't overlook nearby Shadows-on-the-Teche, the beautiful antebellum mansion in New Iberia. http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/southern-region/shadows-on-the-teche.html?gclid=COzLuu_yzLQCFWGnPAodxzwABgThere was a wonderful house in Biloxi just across the highway from the beach known as the Tullis-Toledano Manor. It was built in 1856 for a New Orleans cotton broker. It WAS a scaled-down but still beautifully proportioned version of Shadows. Unfortunately, during Hurricane Katrina, a casino barge was floated up by the storm surge and dropped directly onto this exquisite piece of architecture. That doesn't compare to the human tragedy wrought by the storm but it was certainly emblematic of that disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 As a kid on a school field trip, I once got a tour of the salt dome where the barrels of Tabasco were stored. My eyes are burning just thinking of the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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