Historical
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Poverty Point
Location West Carroll Parish, Louisiana Built ~1700 – 1100 BCE Abandoned ~1100 BCE — reason unknown Status UNESCO World Heritage Site OLDER THAN YOU THINK When most people think about ancient pyramids, they think about Egypt. Maybe Mexico. They don’t think about northeastern Louisiana. But they should. Because while the Egyptians were stacking limestone blocks
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The Gothic Jail of DeRidder
Location DeRidder, Louisiana Built 1914 Decommissioned 1984 Status Tours available THE STORY In the heart of DeRidder, Louisiana, there’s a building that looks like it belongs on a university campus or a European estate — not in a small town in Beauregard Parish. The Gothic Jail was built in 1914 in the Collegiate Gothic style,
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Market street Power Plant
Location Riverfront, New Orleans Built 1905 Closed 1973 Status Redevelopment planned THE STORY The Market Street Power Plant is a cathedral of industry sitting on the banks of the Mississippi River. Built in 1905 by the New Orleans Railway and Light Company, it was hailed by the Times-Picayune as the largest electrical generating plant in