In a previous blog post “Haunted St. Landry”, the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission collaborated with local paranormal investigative group, Louisiana Spirits, to connect history and evidence collected by the group’s investigations in St. Landry Parish. This Halloween, the Commission has collected 2 first-person accounts of unexplained phenomena and a piece of video evidence. You can visit where these stories took place and decide for yourself if what the accounts say are true. Haunted Highway 359 Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area Highway 359 is a stretch [...]

From stunning natural scenery and native plants to murals, statues, and historic buildings, St. Landry Parish is a picturesque area with plenty of fun photo opportunities. Here are a few of our favorite places to catch a quick selfie. Clovis Crawfish First on the list is the Clovis Crawfish statue. This fun and happy statue of a large crawfish waves jauntily from the front of the Eunice Depot Museum in downtown Eunice. The crawfish is a 3D sculpture of Mary Alice Fontenot’s [...]

St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is known internationally for being a hub of culinary culture and heritage. Opelousas is the cradle of seasoning icon Tony Chachere and celebrity Chef Paul Prudhomme earning it the moniker, "Perfectly Seasoned". Add multiple Creole restaurants, Cajun eateries in almost every town, and a host of festivals centered around food, and the culinary heritage is clear. Yet, one of the often-overlooked culinary specialties of this area is fried chicken. While nearly every restaurant will have the crunchy-fried comfort food in one form or another, there [...]

The Louisiana outdoors is well known for its lush swampland and legendary bayou waterways. So much of the local food culture comes from the water, be it catfish from rivers and bayous, seafood from the coast, or crawfish from flooded rice fields. St. Landry Parish has a national waterway, the Bayou Teche, that runs directly through several communities. While the Teche may be the most famous of our bayous, the Bayou Courtableau has a history that put a 300-year-old steamboat town, on the map. Along our waterways, you can [...]

Nestled along sleepy Grolee Street in the Zydeco Capital of the World lies a not-so-hidden gem. Yam Country Pies is an unassuming bakery that is a popular stop for homemade traditional and folded pies. The holiday season is its busiest time of the year. During the Thanksgiving season alone, the family-owned business bakes thousands of pies. People line up in the bakery’s now socially-distanced, outdoor line for a taste of the Hertzock family’s prized pies. With soft and sweet pie crusts that fit into your hand, lightly [...]