We visited Oak Alley Plantation, a historic sugar plantation west of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Map:

One reason we chose to tour this plantation was that they acknowledged the history of slavery as part of the establishment:

They had exhibits on the slave quarters, work, and other conditions:

Some nice gardens:

The big house:

Sugarcane theater, with a video on sugarcane harvesting:

We had a guided tour of inside the big house. Unfortunately they don’t allow photos inside:

A view of the oak trees from the second floor balcony:

The wrap-around balcony:

After the tour inside, we walked around the gardens some more:

Then went to the cafe for lunch, followed by the gift store:

Fascinating history.