Louisiana Road Trip (Need Some Advice) (New Orleans, Shreveport: homes, casino, plantation)

[Bluesbabe]

We returned after the first weekend of New Orleans Jazz Festival, and I've been thinking about doing a road trip through Lousiana in a couple of years. We would end the trip there, so I assume that the best way to start is in Shreveport.

Is there a particular route or itinerary that you recommend for the most scenic/points of interest? ('Don't mind a little off-the-road venturing as long as we could find our way back out. )

Thank you.

[MetroBTR]

Well, if you start at Shreveport, you could follow Louisiana Highway 1 for all the way to Thibodaux, then swing up to New Orleans. There's a pretty fair amount of things to see along that route. Natchitoches, Alexandria, the huge Paragon Casino in Marksville, False River and plantation homes. Then there's Plaquemine and Donaldsonville and Thibodaux and numerous plantations close to the route including Nottaway and Madewood.