From historic museums exploring everything from our musical or spiritual heritage to how food gets to your table, along with outdoors from hiking greens to golfing greens, and shopping authentic main streets and arts, boutiques, antiques and uniques as well as a beautiful, cultural drive along our Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway, enjoy the attractions of Acadia, Cajun Harvest Country.
The PostMaster’s General Store is a Vintage inspired General Store located in the old Branch Post Office bult in 1919! Come take a step back in time and crack open a glass bottle soda with us!
The museum houses a wealth of information on the German families who settled in Acadia, their culture and traditions, and how their lives in the Cove were affected by historic events, like World War II. Additionally, the Roberts Cove German Heritage Museum is a wonderful resource for genealogists or anyone seeking information on the area’s early settlers.
Open every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:00am to 12:00pm, or by appointment.
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St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Rayne is believed to be the only Christian cemetery in the United States where the graves face North to South, rather than the typical South to North. For this strange characteristic, the St. Joseph’s Cemetery has been featured in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” and has earned the nickname “Wrong Way Cemetery.”
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and on the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation‘s 2022 Endangered Places List. The Istre Cemetery is significant for its unique grave houses, small Acadian-style houses built to shelter the graves. No one knows exactly why they were built, but only 3 of the original grave houses still exist.
Arts and cultural hub for the Pointe-aux-Loups Cultural District in Iota. Local art on display, as well as artifacts of Iota’s history. By appointment or open the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10 AM – 12 PM for a coffee party. The coffee party is not held in June, July, or August. The building is also available for rent.
Built in 1883 as a parsonage or priests’ home, Le Vieux Presbytère houses Church Point’s museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places for being one of the few remaining two-story structures that feature walls constructed with bousillage, a mixture of spanish moss and clay.
Open:
Monday – Friday 11am-4pm and
Saturdays from 11am-2pm, or by appointment.
Contact Harold Fonte, curator: 337-384-7993