In these massive mansions, the past can be confronting.

In 1803, Natchitoches became part of the United States when then-President Thomas Jefferson bought the expansive Louisiana Territory from French Emperor Napoleon to finance his military campaigns ...

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune “The public mind has for some time appeared to be interested and alarmed, ...

In Louisiana, all was not well before the Civil War. Or after the war either. But the sugar-coating around slavery is finally over for some of the great plantation houses of the state. I was ...