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The record for Louisiana opens with The Myrtles Plantation, Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area and LaLaurie Mansion — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (54 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (52) and Haunting (18). Of its 94 sites, 70 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is The Myrtles Plantation, established 1796.

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→
Historic House
High confidence

LaLaurie Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Historic house in New Orleans; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Plantation
Medium

Whitney Plantation

Wallace, Louisiana

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

3 claims · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Napoleon House

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

3 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Fort Pike

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Macomb

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Plantation
Medium

Houmas House

Darrow, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Plantation
Medium

Laura Plantation

Vacherie, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Los Adaes

Robeline, Louisiana

The Spanish capital—1729’s Texas presidio.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Madewood

Napoleonville, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Evergreen

Wallace, Louisiana

The 1790 plantation—the intact complex with 37 buildings.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

San Francisco Plantation

Garyville, Louisiana

The steamboat Gothic—1856’s most ornate.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Ormond

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1789 plantation—where the flag still flies.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Pitot House

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Livingston

Grand Isle, Louisiana

The 1841 fort—Barataria’s last brick.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Catalpa

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1850 cottage—where the family stayed five generations.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Natchitoches

Natchitoches, Louisiana

The oldest town in the Purchase—1714.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Cane River Creole

Natchitoches, Louisiana

The national park—where the Creole plantations stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Zwolle

Zwolle, Louisiana

The Spanish town—where the Indians sold the land.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Urania

Urania, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Jesup

Many, Louisiana

The 1822 fort—where Zachary Taylor commanded.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel Monteleone

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Bourbon Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

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→
Hotel
Medium

Provincial Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Dauphine Orleans Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Prison
Medium

Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola)

Angola, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Plantation
Medium

Destrehan Plantation

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1787 plantation where the 1811 slave revolt was tried.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Colfax

Colfax, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

UpStairs Lounge site

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Carville leprosarium

Carville, Louisiana

The national leprosarium—where the patients made a town.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Poverty Point

Epps, Louisiana

The 1700 BCE earthworks—older than the pyramids.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Angola

Angola, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Charity Hospital

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1736 hospital—abandoned since Katrina.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Nottoway

White Castle, Louisiana

The largest antebellum mansion—64 rooms of 1859.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Shadows-on-the-Teche

New Iberia, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Destrehan

Destrehan, Louisiana

The 1787 plantation—where the 1811 trials were held.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

New Orleans, Louisiana

The second cemetery—where the jazz men rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Old Ursuline Convent

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Gallier House

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1857 townhouse—where the architect died.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Jackson

Buras, Louisiana

The 1832 fort—where Farragut broke the river.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Rosedown

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1835 mansion—where the gardens outgrew the family.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Greenwood

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The 1830 mansion—burned and rebuilt, ghosts included.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Melrose Plantation

Melrose, Louisiana

The Creole plantation—where Clementine Hunter painted.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Magnolia Plantation

Derry, Louisiana

The 1835 plantation—where the brick slave cabins stand.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Oakland Plantation

Bermuda, Louisiana

The 1821 plantation—the Creole "Bermuda" estate.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Bonnie & Clyde ambush site

Gibsland, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Winnfield

Winnfield, Louisiana

The Long hometown—where three governors were born.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Kent Plantation House

Alexandria, Louisiana

The 1796 house—the oldest in central Louisiana.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Mansfield

Mansfield, Louisiana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, Louisiana

April 9, 1864—the battle that followed the victory.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Marksville mounds

Marksville, Louisiana

The type site—where the Hopewell culture got its Louisiana name.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Six Flags New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

The park Katrina killed—abandoned since August 2005.

2 claims→
Former Hospital
Medium

Elizabeth City Hall

Elizabeth, Louisiana

Former hospital in Elizabeth; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Ruddock

Ruddock, Louisiana

Ghost town in Ruddock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Frenier Folklore Area

Frenier, Louisiana

Historic settlement in Frenier; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Inn
Medium

Loyd Hall Plantation

Cheneyville, Louisiana

Historic inn in Cheneyville; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Logan Mansion

Shreveport, Louisiana

Historic house in Shreveport; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Plantation
Medium

Nottoway Plantation

White Castle, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Plantation
Medium

Rosedown Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Plantation
Medium

Parlange Plantation

New Roads, Louisiana

The 1750 Creole plantation still in the founding family.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Metairie Cemetery

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Greenwood Cemetery

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Muriel’s Jackson Square

New Orleans, Louisiana

The restaurant that keeps a table set for its resident ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Antoine’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Arnaud’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Court of Two Sisters

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Brennan’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

The pink Royal Street landmark that invented Bananas Foster.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Tujague’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bar
Medium

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1770s Creole cottage that is the Quarter’s oldest bar building.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bar
Medium

Old Absinthe House

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bar
Medium

Pat O’Brien’s

New Orleans, Louisiana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Commander’s Palace

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1893 Garden District landmark—the Brennan flagship.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Low

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

New Orleans, Louisiana

Cemetery in New Orleans; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Low

Arnaud’s Restaurant

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant in New Orleans; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Plantation
Low

Oak Alley Plantation

Vacherie, Louisiana

Historic plantation in Vacherie; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Government Building
Low

Louisiana’s Old State Capitol

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Government building in Baton Rouge; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Jail
Low

Beauregard Parish Gothic Jail

DeRidder, Louisiana

Jail in DeRidder; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Road
Low

Lake End Parkway / Highway 70

Morgan City, Louisiana

Road in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Intersection
Low

Pete Street and Railroad Avenue

Patterson, Louisiana

Intersection in Patterson; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Island
Low

Kamikaze Island

Louisiana

Island in Louisiana; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Low

Schrier House / Morgan City Archives

Morgan City, Louisiana

Historic house in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic District
Low

Front Street historic area

Morgan City, Louisiana

Historic district in Morgan City; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Low

Joseph Jefferson House at Rip Van Winkle Gardens

New Iberia, Louisiana

Historic house in Louisiana; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Auditorium
Low

Shreveport Municipal Auditorium

Shreveport, Louisiana

Auditorium in Shreveport; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Courthouse
Low

Calcasieu Parish Courthouse

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Courthouse in Lake Charles; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Strand Theatre

Shreveport, Louisiana

Theater in Shreveport; research record.

1 claim→
Museum
Medium

New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum

New Orleans, Louisiana

The 1972 French Quarter museum of New Orleans Voodoo.

1 claim→
Courthouse
Low

Caddo Parish Courthouse

Shreveport, Louisiana

Courthouse in Shreveport; research record.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

LeComte Plantation (Magnolia Plantation)

Natchitoches, Louisiana

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Emmanuel Prudhomme Plantation (Bermuda  Oakland Plantation)

Natchitoches, Louisiana

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Low

Talbert-Pierson Cemetery

Sugartown, Louisiana

Cemetery in Sugartown; research record.

1 fact→