5505 Rip van Winkle Rd, New Iberia, LA 70560-8167

320 E Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560-3729

Completed in 1834, the Shadows-on-the-Teche holds many layers of history in its walls and gardens. Built for wealthy sugar planters, Mary and David Weeks, the house remained in the same family for four generations before the property was donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The donation also included more than 17,000 letters, invoices, and receipts, and artifacts spanning the 125 year history of the Shadows. As a former plantation home, the Shadows is a memorial to the hundreds of men, women, and children enslaved on this site and on sugar plantations owned by the Weeks family. Their stories, and those of their descendants, are a vital part of the house’s history and legacy.

New Iberia, LA

307 Ann St, New Iberia, LA 70560-4719

131 E Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560-3702

New Iberia, LA

More than 240 bird species have been identified frequenting this small and shallow lake.

113 E Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560-3724