The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Louisiana
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 203 roadside attractions in Louisiana.
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1. Giant Guitar, No Accordion
Crowley, LA
Giant red, white, and blue electric guitar. The giant red accordion on wheels is reported as missing and out for repair.
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2. Cemetery Chapel with Hands and Feet
New Orleans, LA
Replicas of human hands, feet, limbs, and internal organs hang from the walls of a room in the St. Roch Cemetery chapel, offerings from people who wanted to be healed. Rusty crutches and braces signify success stories. This has been going on since 1875. It's a well-known and popu
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3. Mardi Gras World
New Orleans, LA
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4. 9/11 Memorial Beams, Rocks, Dirt
Lafayette, LA
Monument dedicated on Sept. 11, 2002 features two World Trade Center beams, Pentagon limestone and dirt from the Shanksville Flt. 93 crash site. On Sept. 11, 2013, a conspiracy theorist/artist vandalized the WTC girders by adding two cartoon cardboard jets crashing (but his recog
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5. Louisiana Rum Distillery Tour
Lacassine, LA
Billed as "family friendly," so apparently everyone can tour, but you have to be over 21 for the free samples.
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6. Biedenharn Coca-Cola and Bible Museum
Monroe, LA
1913 home of the first US Coca-Cola bottler features a bible museum, gardens and Coca-Cola exhibits. See an early Coke delivery truck.
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7. Muffler Car Parts Sculpture (Gone)
Lafayette, LA
Ten feet tall and painted in professional auto shop work clothes, he advertised a muffler garage.
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8. Sculpture: "Tomb of the Unknown Slave"
New Orleans, LA
On the side of Saint Augustine Catholic Church. According to a 2004 plaque, this memorial of "grave crosses, chains, and shackles" is dedicated to the enslaved people who died in this New Orleans neighborhood.
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9. Museum of Death
New Orleans, LA
Offshoot of the Museum of Death in Los Angeles. Theater of Death, body bags, Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine, Manson family, car crash photos. Visitors have been know to puke or pass out. Grisly stuff. No photos allowed.
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10. Arm of St. Valerie
Thibodaux, LA
St. Valerie, a virgin and martyr, was beheaded in the second century. Somehow her arm survived, was brought to a Louisiana cathedral in 1868, and has remained ever since.
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11. 14-Story Mural, Largest in the USA
Shreveport, LA
Titled "Once in a Millinneium Moon," the visually busy mural covers 30,000 square feet and took two years to paint.
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12. Creepy Oak and Pine Alley
Saint Martinville, LA
A dark and thickly planted boulevard of oak trees on both sides of the road. Historical marker, if it hasn't been stolen, explains.
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13. Giant Crawfish
Alexandria, LA
Swamp Daddy's giant red crawfish is reason enough to pull over at his restaurant. It vanished in late 2016, was repaired, and returned in 2018.
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14. Fisherman's Castle on Irish Bayou
New Orleans, LA
A never-completed minor tourist attraction for the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair. Built by Simon Villemarette, it looks like a small-scale medieval castle. People have lived in it, but it was for sale in 2022.
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15. Big Al's Feeding Show
Natchitoches, LA
Watch the alligators leap for the raw chicken!
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16. Cajun Jack's Swamp Tours
Patterson, LA
Cajun guide steers the boat and recounts the history, nature, and lore of the south Louisiana swamps.
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17. Westgate Museum of Necromancy (Gone)
New Orleans, LA
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18. Modified-for-Mardi Gras M-Man
Metairie, LA
A partial Muffler Man seen stored in a Mardi Gras parade warehouse.
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19. Andy Jackson: New Orleans' Favorite President
New Orleans, LA
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20. Giant Mailbox
Newellton, LA
14 feet tall, 8 feet deep, 4 feet wide, it's been around since 1956. There are no nearby houses, only flat farm fields.
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21. Rockin' Elvis Statue, and Others
Shreveport, LA
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22. Peter Wolf Toth Indian Head
New Orleans, LA
Peter "Wolf" Toth spent decades traveling around the U.S., carving big Indian heads out of upright native tree trunks.
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23. Tabasco Factory and Giant Buddha
Avery Island, LA
You can smell it as soon as you reach the island. Take a tour; see how tabasco sauce is made! Eat at the restaurant; everything has tabasco sauce in it! The Buddha dates to 1100 AD and is in a glass-walled temple in the "Jungle Garden." If you go, bring bug spray, and watch out f
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24. Birthplace of Dixie
New Orleans, LA
The nickname of the South had its start in a bank in the French Quarter. A plaque marks the spot.
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25. Big Rooster
Shreveport, LA
An eight-foot-tall fiberglass rooster has stood in a vacant lot for years, apparently protected by the police station across the street. Jack Lamb placed it here, and would sit in his car to watch its visitors.
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