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Capital: Baton Rouge
Population: 4.5 million+
Language: English
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Louisiana.jpg)
1 – New Orleans (also above)
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/640px-Bourbon_St_French_Quarter_New_Orleans_USA2.jpg)
2 – Lafayette
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/640px-Lafayette_LA_July_2008_Downtown_Lafayette_Aerials_011.jpg)
3 – Shreveport
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Shreveport.jpg)
4 – Baton Rouge
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Baton-Rouge.jpg)
5 – Oak Alley Plantation
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Oak-Alley-Plantation.jpg)
6 – Barataria Preserve
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Louisiana_Nature_Scene_Barataria_Preserve.jpg)
7 – Lake Pontchartrain
![](https://wanderpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Lake-Pontchartrain.jpg)