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The Great River Road is a National Scenic Byway that passes alongside the Mississippi River outside of Baton Rouge, traveling through Plantation Country and many of Louisiana’s most significant historic areas. Historic plantations along the route include the Lara Plantation: Louisiana’s Creole Heritage Site in Vacherie. The living history museum focuses on the lives of slaves at the four-generation plantation, and offers guided and self-guided walking tours. Also in Vacherie is the 19th century Oak Alley Plantation, now a restaurant and inn offering sugarcane plantation tours. The Houmas House in Darrow is surrounded by 38 acres of gardens. Edgard’s Evergreen Plantation is among the most intact, with 22 slave cabins still standing.
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