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There are plans to renovate the Milneburg Lighthouse, but in 2017 it was on the Louisiana Landmarks Society list as a historic site threatened by demolition, neglect or bureaucracy.
To the uninitiated, the triple-tiered, red-roofed building at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain might look decidedly modern. Shiny and solid, it easily could be mistaken for a bit of misplaced ...
For more than 150 years, these old lighthouses have marked the entrances to rivers and ports across coastal Louisiana. But most of the old structures have fallen victim to hurricanes, sinking land ...
(NEW ORLEANS) — In front of the old Milneburg Lighthouse -- Brian Batt walks on the same ground Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park once sat for some 75 years. “Over here would have been the ...
A mansion, a lighthouse, two schools, a pharmacy and a service station are among the buildings making the Louisiana Landmarks Society’s list of endangered sites this year, but the annual ...