Fort Banks (historical) Info, Louisiana

Poco Loco Charters in Venice, Louisiana are just a little more than crazy when it comes to blue water fishing and offer an adventure you'll never forget. Come Louisiana coastal fishing for incredible tuna, marlin, amberjack, dolphin, swordfish, jacks, grouper, wahoo, snapper, cobia, redfish, tarpon, trout, it's game on. Poco Loco Charters offers the best offshore charter fishing trip aboard the Poco Loco, a fast, comfortable charter fishing boat, great for deep sea fishing and offshore adventures for a one of a kind experience, and they also offer bottom fishing rips out of Venice.READ MORE

The Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, hosts the largest collection and exhibition of visual arts in northeast Louisiana, USA and offers the community a dynamic visual arts experience. Located in the former home of the Masur family, they offer exhibitions, public programming, and collections management as well as education programs for children and adults including artist talks, academic lectures, summer art camps, winter workshops, art classes in various media and much more. Admission to the Masur Museum of Art is always free, and group tours are available, and the permanent collection houses over 508 beautiful masterpieces by regional artists, minor works by more broadly known artists, and entire series or bodies of work commissioned from individual artists, come for a fascinating visit.READ MORE

Pita De' Novo in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA offers exquisite Mediterranean delights and serve the best gryros and shwarmas in town ending with the sweeter side of the Middle East as they say for freshly prepared pastries, sweets and desserts. Everyday dish is unique and skillfully prepared with traditional spices and flavors by the chef so classic dishes are presented in exciting new ways. Pita De' Novo also offers sublime chef's specialties and culinary journeys you won't find anywhere else, there's also a subterranean cocktail lounge, and they serve Middle Eastern inspired drinks, come for a fabulous and memorable dining experience.READ MORE

Twin City Ballet in Monroe, Louisiana, USA offers three wonderful performances each year as well as co-hosts a ten day Summer Dance Intensive Workshop with the University of Louisiana - Monroe's School of Visual and Performing Arts. Come support these talented, passionate and dedicated dancers, enjoy a fabulous evening of the arts with gala performances and beautiful dances that will exhilarate and leave you quite breathless as they share with your their their incredible strength, musicality, beauty, and love of dance in their own words. Twin City Ballet take performing arts to another level, because, as they say, nothing is more revealing than movement, come see for yourself.READ MORE

The Children’s Museum is located on the Ouachita River in downtown Monroe, Louisiana, USA and is a place where learning is fun and some exhibits include the Hearing aid for learning about sounds, the Reuseum which is a gated room for using your imagination, the big mouth designed and built by local dentists, the kids' cafe a true to life restaurant, discovery hospital exhibit and bubble works. There are computer games and field trips available for educational fun, and they have two outstanding Outreach programs which can come to your school. The Children's Museum also hosts frequent events including the Christmas Village, and is the ideal venue for a Birthday Blowout as they say with birthday party room rental, a gift for the birthday child, party helper and much more.READ MORE

Timberlane Country Club in Gretna, Louisiana, was established in 1959 as a private country club with a 9 hole golf course that offers challenging rounds of golf for experienced golfers and newcomers to this sport. A spacious all grass practice range at our country club is perfect for warming up before a round of golf on a course that includes 17 water hazards and 80 sand bunkers. Disc Golf, a spinoff of traditional golf is now available at our country club and is a fun activity for golfers and non-golfers. The Reef at Timberlane Country Club offers table tennis, air hockey, billiards, arcade games and other entertainment, and is a great venue for private parties. Our country club also offers yoga classes for all skill levels.READ MORE

The Louisiana History Museum in Alexandria, Louisiana, is housed in the former public library that dates back to 1907, and after much remodeling and renovations is a fascinating history museum and genealogical library that features interesting displays, exhibits and collections of historical objects. The history museum is committed to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting a deeper understanding of the rich history of Alexandria and Louisiana. Admission to The Louisiana History Museum is free and we offer informative guided tours. Our museum is home to one of the largest local postcard collections from 1905 to 1955 and a unique collection of photos from 1860 to the 1960's. READ MORE

Giorlandos Restaurant in Metairie, Louisiana, USA is owned and operated by two brothers and offers amazing food made from family recipes including great daily specials. A fantastic feast awaits as they say, and menu items include exquisite appetizers, salads, pasta choices, po-boys, steaks and dessert. Giorlandos Restaurant comes highly recommended for their tasty Italian food, prices and service, and they do serve the best poboys in town as well as pasta dishes to die for, come see for yourself.READ MORE

The Kitchen in Monroe are open Monday through Saturday for breakfast and lunch, and as they say, serve Sunday meals every day except on Sunday, plus they cater to any size event for a memorable special occasion. Here quality food from local ingredients are the order of the day, and the menu offers sublime choices of home-cooked lunches, juicy burgers, crispy salads, divine biweekly rotating buffet lunches, po-boys, club sandwiches and more, and the breakfasts are to die for. The Kitchen Restaurant also offer excellent not to be missed holiday specials, so for Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas there are full and partial meals available to help you avoid the kitchen stress, and there's a special catering menu too for parties of all sizes, it's all here. READ MORE

On Cloud Wine Winery in Shreveport is locally owned, and the biggest little winery in the state of Louisiana, USA complete with fabulous gift shop, and tasting bar for wine tasting. They ship within the state of Louisiana, and quality wines at affordable prices are the order of the day, and they have an exclusive range include a selection of dry whites and reds, semi sweet and sweet wines catering to everyone's tastes. On Cloud Wine Winery also offer gift baskets, and if you are planning a wedding or private party, contact them for great wines, and all their wines are made on the premises in large stainless steel tanks, and obtain their juices for the 16 wines they make from all over the world. READ MORE