Madewood Plantation

Madewood Plantation, one of Louisiana's most majestic plantations, is not only great to visit, but you can spend the night there (or several) as well. Madewood, in Napoleonville, just 75 miles west of New Orleans, is one of the Louisiana antebellum homes that conjures up the elegance of the pre-Civil War South. Nestled among moss draped oaks, on acres of quiet land, few places are more peaceful as the sun sinks below the horizon. Besides its value as an historic site, and one of the local museums of past culture, Madewood Plantation is operated as a Bed and Breakfast, allowing visitors to sleep in the "Big House", using all of the genuine antiques which furnish the home.

Madewood Plantation is a great place for photography. The building architecture, and the magnificent landscape gives one an endless choice of scenes for taking pictures. In the early Spring, the Azaleas are blooming, which just adds to the splendor!

As a bonus, there is a very old family grave yard on the grounds. It was typical for estates to have their own cemeteries, and Madewood is no exception. Fenced off with a very old and rusting iron fence, and creaking gate, are the tombs and headstones of those who lived and died 200 years ago, or earlier. Some are so old, that you can barely read the inscriptions. A creative photographer could spend hours in that burial plot alone!