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Oak Alley Plantation

The Oak Alley Plantation is a historic sugar cane plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana.

An alley of oak




Touring the big house


Reconstructed slave cabins


Laura Plantation

The Laura Plantation is a restored Creole plantation along the Mississippi River. 

The Creole big house was built in 1804 and 1805






The rear wings of the big house were destroyed by fire in 2004

The above-ground "basement" provided space for storage




Laura Locoul Gore






Bananas



The slave quarters were occupied until 1977