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Local folklore in Louisiana

40 Louisiana dossiers ride on local folklore — stories circulating in community tradition with no single telling to point at. The archive files them because the community does: passed along, retold, claimed by the county rather than the page. Provenance here is a chorus, not a signature.

40 dossiers0 counties covered83% open to visitorsThe Myrtles Plantation — deepest file

Also filed local folklore:California44 Virginia44 Michigan42 Ohio38 Texas38 New York36 Pennsylvania34 Illinois33

Other Louisiana shelves:documented legends65 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→

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→

Le Pavillon Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

"The Belle of New Orleans"—a man in the lobby and a girl who fell.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola)

Angola, Louisiana

"The Farm"—the plantation-prison on the bend of the Mississippi.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Destrehan Plantation

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1787 plantation where the 1811 slave revolt was tried.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Nottoway Plantation

White Castle, Louisiana

The largest antebellum mansion in the South—53 rooms on the river.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Rosedown Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1835 mansion whose family kept it until the state did.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Parlange Plantation

New Roads, Louisiana

The 1750 Creole plantation still in the founding family.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Garden District’s 1833 walled necropolis—where Interview with the Vampire filmed.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Metairie Cemetery

New Orleans, Louisiana

The racetrack-turned-necropolis with the "mystic" gate.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Greenwood Cemetery

New Orleans, Louisiana

The City of the Dead’s firemen’s tumuli and the firemen’s ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Antoine’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1840 restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller—in the Haunted Quarter’s heart.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Arnaud’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

"Count" Arnaud’s 1918 restaurant—and the Germaine Wells museum.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Court of Two Sisters

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1832 courtyard restaurant on the site of a governor’s mansion.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Brennan’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

The pink Royal Street landmark that invented Bananas Foster.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Tujague’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1856 stand-up bar—the Quarter’s second-oldest restaurant.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Old Absinthe House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1807 bar where the "absinthe frappé" was born—and the marble fountain stayed.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Pat O’Brien’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Hurricane’s birthplace—the 1933 speakeasy-turned-landmark.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Commander’s Palace

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1893 Garden District landmark—the Brennan flagship.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lake End Parkway / Highway 70

Morgan City, Louisiana

Road in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Pete Street and Railroad Avenue

Patterson, Louisiana

Intersection in Patterson; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Kamikaze Island

Island in Louisiana; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Schrier House / Morgan City Archives

Morgan City, Louisiana

Historic house in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic District

Front Street historic area

Morgan City, Louisiana

Historic district in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Full Louisiana record → state index· Every local folklore filing → evidence shelf

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