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Documented legends in Louisiana

Louisiana keeps 65 documented legends — stories that trace to a published or recorded telling, the shelf where folklore earned a citation. What is verified is the telling: the book, the article, the record that carried the story into print. What the story claims is filed as reported, not endorsed.

65 dossiers2 counties covered77% open to visitorsThe Myrtles Plantation — deepest file

Also filed documented legend:Hawaii76 Arizona60 Texas58 Virginia55 Michigan52 Illinois50 New York49 North Carolina48

Other Louisiana shelves:local folklore40 anecdotal reports29 media-reported hauntings6 investigation claims3

Historic Plantation

High confidence

The Myrtles Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Swamp Folklore Area

High confidence

Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area

Pearl River, Louisiana

Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.

5 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

LaLaurie Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Historic house in New Orleans; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Whitney Plantation

Wallace, Louisiana

The plantation museum that tells the enslaved people’s story first.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Napoleon House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1797 house built for Napoleon’s "rescue"—never used.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Pike

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Macomb

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Houmas House

Darrow, Louisiana

The "Sugar Palace"—and the 16-year-old girl said to have died there.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Laura Plantation

Vacherie, Louisiana

The Creole plantation where Br’er Rabbit’s tales were collected.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Los Adaes

Robeline, Louisiana

The Spanish capital—1729’s Texas presidio.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Madewood

Napoleonville, Louisiana

The 1846 Greek Revival—where the Bayou Lafourche dead stay.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Evergreen

Wallace, Louisiana

The 1790 plantation—the intact complex with 37 buildings.

2 claims · 2 legends→

San Francisco Plantation

Garyville, Louisiana

The steamboat Gothic—1856’s most ornate.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Ormond

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1789 plantation—where the flag still flies.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Pitot House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1799 Creole house—where the mayor lived on the bayou.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Livingston

Grand Isle, Louisiana

The 1841 fort—Barataria’s last brick.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Catalpa

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1850 cottage—where the family stayed five generations.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Natchitoches

Natchitoches, Louisiana

The oldest town in the Purchase—1714.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cane River Creole

Natchitoches, Louisiana

The national park—where the Creole plantations stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Zwolle

Zwolle, Louisiana

The Spanish town—where the Indians sold the land.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Urania

Urania, Louisiana

The timber town—built by the sawmill, saved by it too.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Jesup

Many, Louisiana

The 1822 fort—where Zachary Taylor commanded.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hotel Monteleone

New Orleans, Louisiana

The French Quarter’s literary hotel—the Carousel Bar and a floor of ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bourbon Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

A former ballroom and convent—Civil War orphans and a dancer’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Provincial Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Quarter’s Civil War hospital—blood in the courtyard lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Dauphine Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

May Baily’s—the 1857 bordello whose working girls stayed on.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Colfax

Colfax, Louisiana

April 13, 1873—the courthouse massacre that ended Reconstruction.

2 claims · 1 legend→

UpStairs Lounge site

New Orleans, Louisiana

June 24, 1973—the gay bar fire that killed 32.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Carville leprosarium

Carville, Louisiana

The national leprosarium—where the patients made a town.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Poverty Point

Epps, Louisiana

The 1700 BCE earthworks—older than the pyramids.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Angola

Angola, Louisiana

The Farm—18,000 acres of prison on the old plantation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Charity Hospital

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1736 hospital—abandoned since Katrina.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Nottoway

White Castle, Louisiana

The largest antebellum mansion—64 rooms of 1859.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shadows-on-the-Teche

New Iberia, Louisiana

The 1834 house—where the Weeks family stayed on the bayou.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Destrehan

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1787 plantation—where the 1811 trials were held.

2 claims · 1 legend→

St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

New Orleans, Louisiana

The second cemetery—where the jazz men rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Ursuline Convent

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1752 convent—the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gallier House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1857 townhouse—where the architect died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Jackson

Buras, Louisiana

The 1832 fort—where Farragut broke the river.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Rosedown

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1835 mansion—where the gardens outgrew the family.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Greenwood

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1830 mansion—burned and rebuilt, ghosts included.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Melrose Plantation

Melrose, Louisiana

The Creole plantation—where Clementine Hunter painted.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Magnolia Plantation

Derry, Louisiana

The 1835 plantation—where the brick slave cabins stand.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oakland Plantation

Bermuda, Louisiana

The 1821 plantation—the Creole "Bermuda" estate.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bonnie & Clyde ambush site

Gibsland, Louisiana

May 23, 1934—the roadside where the outlaws died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Winnfield

Winnfield, Louisiana

The Long hometown—where three governors were born.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kent Plantation House

Alexandria, Louisiana

The 1796 house—the oldest in central Louisiana.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mansfield

Mansfield, Louisiana

April 8, 1864—the battle that stopped the Red River campaign.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive