- The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national hero, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended and more than a month before the news of the war’s end had reached Louisiana
- Louisiana is the only state that still refers to the Napoleonic Code in its state law
- Started in 1835, the New Orleans & Carrollton Line is the oldest street railway line still in operation
- Louisiana is a festive state hosting more than 600 festivals a year
- Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, in Rayne, Louisiana, is unusual as it is one of the very few that faces north-south
- St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, is home to many descendents of Canary Island settlers sent by Spain in the 1700s
- Louisiana produces 24% of the nation’s salt and is home the the oldest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere
