Oak Alley Plantation
National Historic Landmark · Vacherie, Louisiana
A quarter-mile avenue of twenty-eight live oaks running from the River Road to the front steps of an 1839 Greek Revival house at Vacherie. The oaks were planted by somebody unrecorded around a century before the house and they are the reason anyone comes — it is one of the most photographed views in the American South. It was a sugar plantation, which was the deadliest agricultural work in North America, and about a hundred and twenty people were enslaved here to do it. The site added a permanent exhibit on them in 2013 and it is where a visit should start.
3645 Louisiana Highway 18, Vacherie, Louisiana, 70090, United States
Open daily, generally 9:00 to 17:00 with seasonal variation; closed on a small number of major holidays. Admission covers the grounds, the exhibits and a guided house tour, with house tours running on a rolling schedule through the day — arrive well before closing to catch the last one. Overnight cottages and a restaurant operate on the property, which also hosts weddings and private events.
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