Throughout the state, you'll see alligator featured in Cajun- or Creole-style dishes, two of the cuisines for which Louisiana is most well known. It is served blackened or fried, cooked into stews ...

Alligator for Lent? Yep, it’s allowed! The Catholic Church confirms gator is seafood, so South Louisiana can keep it on the ...

While Cajun Country (also known as Acadiana ... This 170-acre semitropical garden, loaded with wildlife (including alligators), is especially beautiful in the spring when colorful azaleas drape ...

At night, the sign of Quebedeaux’s Cajun Cafe in Pineville, including the protruding alligator head, is bathed in the glow of colorful lights. Now another spotlight is shining on it.

A popular Cajun-Creole restaurant in Pineville has been named one of the best in the country. Here's what you need to know before you go.