She’s one of nearly 125 artisans participating in Destrehan Plantation’s 48th annual Fall Event, which happens this weekend. “I'm looking forward to being outside and seeing the regulars ...

The plantation would stay in the Destrehan family and its heirs for generations, but in 1915 it was sold to the Mexican Petroleum Corp. Over the next 40 years, the land became an oil refinery ...

A century after Destrehan Plantation was sold to an oil company and turned into a refinery, a substantial land purchase this month marks a giant step in efforts to reclaim the historic property ...