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The Best in Baton Rouge

Our Editors select the 10 best restaurants, nightlife, sights & activities in Baton Rouge

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1. Casino Rouge
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2. Myrtles Plantation
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3. Belle of Baton Rouge
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4. Baton Rouge Zoo
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5. St. Joseph's Cathedral
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6. Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
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7. Magnolia Mound Plantation
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8. Hilltop Arboretum
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9. Louisiana Art and Science Museum
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10. LSU Museum of Natural Science
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Home for the Holidays: Historic Decorations, Southern Style

Historic Southern homes serve up holiday panache

Southern charm and period-style decorations make for festive December tours. In each of ten southern states there are some great historic homes, estates, mansions and plantations that decorate for the month. Here are just a few of the possibilities.

 
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About Baton Rouge

Set along the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge is a city of presence, both Louisiana's capital and seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. The state's second largest city, however, wasn't always the political and manufacturing force it is today. When claimed by the French in 1699, the area was a threshold between Bayougoula and Houma Indian hunting grounds. Marking the division was a stripped tree, reddened with the blood of slaughtered animals. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, a Frenchman leading...