The Urbach House on Bayou Amulet

12/10/2025

🎄✨ THE 15 MOST MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TOWNS IN AMERICA ✨🎄
If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping straight into a snow-globe, these are the towns that deliver it — twinkling lights, cozy streets, festive parades, and enough holiday magic to make you feel like you’re in a Christmas movie. From Bavarian villages to deep-South charm, these towns go all in on the season.

Whether you’re planning a road trip, looking for next year’s holiday getaway, or just love seeing where your hometown ranks… this list is guaranteed to get you in the spirit. ❤️

08/25/2025

Big Hair. Bigger Porches. The Biggest Holiday Tradition.
Grab your best walking shoes (and maybe your pearls) because the Steel Magnolias Walking
Porch Tour is back this December—and itʼs more dazzling than a Christmas tree in Truvyʼs salon.
Stroll the real-life filming locations where Shelby, MʼLynn, Clairee, and the whole gang brought
Southern charm to the big screen. From unforgettable lines to unforgettable porches, every stop
is a love letter to Natchitoches.
• • • • • •
Two nights only: December 11 & 18. Donʼt miss your walk through movie history.
See the full lineup and buy your tickets at nhfla.com [email protected] | (318) 471-
7489

07/09/2025

On this date in 1981: DONKEY KONG made its debut! Play it in our game room!

06/03/2025

Owl house installed on Friday before guests checked in. This message from them afterwards. Looks like the owl is making himself at home! Now to name him. Al the Owl?

05/30/2025

We spotted this beautiful barred owl when we bought the house and a guest recently said they saw him/her in the evening! So we’ve installed this gorgeous owl house in the hopes it will return! Do you know what a barred owl sounds like? It sounds like “who cooks for you?”

05/26/2025

05/11/2025

First light on Natchitoches.

Calm. Collected. Confident without even trying. This place doesn’t scream for attention—it never had to. The brick streets, the riverwalk, the creak of shutters older than most towns—they all whisper the same truth: this place just is.

Established in 1714, Natchitoches is older than the state of Louisiana. Older than the United States. And when the Louisiana Purchase reshaped this country, this town wasn’t just a footnote—it was the damn foundation. French colony turned southern soul, it once stood as part of territory that made up nearly half the country.

And yet, here it sits. Quiet. Unmoved. Still throwing light across Cane River like it’s been doing for over three centuries.

You want history? This is history. No filters. No gimmicks. Just a town that refuses to fade.
—

Shot on Canon USA

04/06/2025

Fourth of July weekend! Balloon festival!

03/18/2025

If you don't visit Gator Country while you're here, you're missing out! Splurge on the fishing pole and hot dogs so you can feed the gators!

03/18/2025

Meet Yeti and Glacier, two rare, red-eyed albino gators at the Gator Country Alligator Park in Natchitoches. Watch here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/w4mjycct