July 2015 Hidden Louisiana: Freaks of Nature I went to high school in a small suburban town named Evans, Georgia, named after a minor Confederate general. The school was new, freshly built in the far outer suburbs of... Breonne DeDecker
June 2015 Hidden Louisiana: Last Island The wealthy always need an escape. Entire geographic locations are constructed with the promise of escape, of getting away—an archipelago built in remote locations, strung... Breonne DeDecker
March 2015 Hidden Louisiana: Bayou St. Malo “If you didn’t want to be found, this would definitely be the place to go,” says the pilot of the small boat, laughing. We turn around again. It’s a bright and chilly... Breonne DeDecker
January 2015 Hidden Louisiana: Louisiana Leprosarium In 1894, a man from New Orleans turned up in Iberville Parish. He was looking for a large tract of land, he explained, for an ostrich farm. He managed to purchase the dilapidated... Breonne DeDecker
November 2014 Hidden Mississippi: War on Water Settlement and development of the lower Mississippi delta is all about water control and water management. Devastating floods— such as the great flood of 1927, which flooded... Breonne DeDecker
September 2014 Hidden Louisiana: Plaquemines Parish The idea of Louisiana, and the wider south, fascinates me. Geography, history, and contemporary life lie on top of one another, and it is never quite certain which facet you are... Breonne DeDecker
