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Avery Island, a salt dome that spans 2,200 acres and is 2.5 miles across at its widest point, rises from the low-lying environment of bayous southwest of New Iberia.
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The founder's son, Edward Avery McIlhenny (1872-1949), designed and launched this breathtaking botanical and bird sanctuary, which is part of a tour of the TABASCO facility.
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Two areas in Downtown Iberia are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and have hundreds of buildings marked with plaques.
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Surprisingly, there is a previously active sugarcane farm in the downtown area with a Greek Revival home facing into Bayou Teche.
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You've come to the correct location if you're looking for genuine Cajun and Creole cuisine.
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On what was once Orange Island, another salt dome a few miles west of New Iberia, the renowned stage actor Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905) ordered a superb Late Victorian home in 1870.
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2010 saw the opening of the dynamic Bayou Teche Museum downtown, near to the Sliman Theatre.
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The kind of park that would be a benefit to any city is located on the other bank of Bayou Teche from the historic downtown.
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On the east side of New Iberia is the Atchafalaya Basin, the biggest wetland and swamp in the country.
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One of the few places close to the Gulf of Mexico that can actually be reached by road is Vermilion Bay, which is a half-hour drive south.
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