The places behind
the landmarks.

Real Louisiana photographs informed the architecture, materials and details in these interactive models. Follow the links to see the original images.

These are original, photo-informed 3D interpretations, not exact scans or survey models. Each parish scene combines places at a compressed scale. Photographs were inspected as modeling references and are linked, not redistributed or used as textures. All brick, wood, roof and terrain textures are original procedural images. Original editorial text has not received a comprehensive fact check.

St. Tammany · Tchefuncte Lighthouse

The black navigation stripe, tapered masonry tower, iron gallery and framed lantern replace the original plain silhouette. The timber pier and vegetation are contextual interpretations. The cottage was removed because the museum describes it as relocated.

Livingston · LIGO

The aerial photograph informed the blue-and-white buildings, shallow roofs, perpendicular beam covers and service areas. Arms are shortened. The boardwalk evokes Tickfaw State Park and is not located at LIGO.

Tangipahoa · Ponchatoula Depot

Red walls, a broad hipped roof and pale window frames draw on the Country Market depot photograph. The locomotive represents railroad heritage and is not an exact replica of a specific engine.

Washington · Mile Branch Settlement

Knight Cabin inspired the log courses, gallery, gabled roof and brick chimney. The river and sandstone bank are interpretive landscape elements, not a measured reconstruction of Fricke’s Cave. These locations are combined for storytelling and are not adjacent. Photo courtesy Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.

St. Helena · Greensburg

The land office now has its distinctive two-column portico and front-facing gable. The jail has brick courses, cornices and barred windows; its reference is distant, so proportions and details remain approximate.

Historical jail photograph — Jonathan Fricker, 1980