101 Things To Do In and Around Baton Rouge

• Get a bird's eye view of the city from the Louisiana State Capitol
• Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File' Gumbo. Dine in any of our countless restaurants including Di Guilio's, Mike Anderson's, Silver Moon, Juban's, Fleur de lis, Pastime's, Gino's
• Tailgate at a Southern or LSU sporting event
• Shop! Choose from the Mall at Cortana, the Mall of Louisiana or the Towne Center 
• Visit the stately plantation homes in St. Francisville or along River Road
• Up, Up, and Away! At the Pennington National Balloon Championship
• Red Stick monument on the bluff at Southern University
• Walk through the Louisiana State University Campus. Pay special attention to the Indian Mounds!
• LSU Rural Life Museum/Windrush Gardens
• Louisiana Art and Science Museum
• Irene W. Pennington Planetarium
• Greatest Show on Dirt: the Angola Prison Rodeo
• Kiss the Irish at the St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Local blues musicians; Phil Brady's, Swamp Mama's and more
• Boutin's enjoy Cajun dining as well as listening to Cajun music
• USS Kidd and Louisiana Veterans Memorial Museum
• Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours
• BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
• Broadway Series at Baton Rouge River Center's Theater
• Performing arts; Baton Rouge Symphony, Little Theater, Swine Palace, Baton Rouge Ballet Theater, Manship Theatre and many more
• Red Stick Farmer's Market
• Stroll/jog along the Mississippi River levee at sunset/sunrise
• Spanish Town Parade
• Tony's Seafood featuring everything from boiled crawfish to live catfish
• Old Governor's Mansion
• Old State Capitol
• Cooking demonstrations at Magnolia Mound Plantation
• Bonfires on the Levee
• Blues Week! It's the real deal!
• Magnolia Cemetery
• Pentagon Barracks
• Bluebonnet Swamp
• Hilltop Arboretum
• Collegiate sports at LSU and Southern University
• Port Hudson State Commemorative Area
• Southern University Museum of Art
• Baton Rouge's City Park; tennis, golf, biking, walking or running
• Visit "Mike the Tiger" on the LSU Campus
• Visit "La Cumba," the Southern University jaguar, on the SU Campus
• Mardi Gras parades in downtown Baton Rouge
• Baton Rouge Gallery in City Park
• Comite and Hooper Road Bike Trails
• Tickfaw State Park
• Highland Road Observatory
• Audubon Golf Trail!
• Ancester hunt at the State Archives
• Odell S. Williams African American History Museum
• Visit Old Bogan Fire Station
• Belle of Baton Rouge Casino & Casino Rouge - try your luck!
• Antique Shopping
• Louisiana Governor's Mansion.
• The Enchanted Mansion: A doll museum
• West Baton Rouge Museum
• Old Arsenal Museum
• Fest for All the first weekend in May
• Downtown 4th of July celebration
• Live after 5 Spring and Fall
• "Screen Classic Silent Films" at City Park 
• Authentic Louisiana arts and crafts, every 1st Saturday at Main Street Market
• Rent a Harley Davidson and head for the Feliciana hills
• Take the ferry across the Mississippi River.
• Neubig's Gallery.
• Port Allen/Plaquemine Locks
• Challenger Mission at the Challenger Learning Center, Louisiana Art and Science Museum 
• Buy a cookbook, such as John Folse and Holly Clegg or pick up River Road Recipes
• Mid-City Shopping-unique, cool, fun!
• Pause and Refresh yourself at the nostalgic Coca-Cola sign on 3rd St.
• Antique carousel at the Mall of Louisiana
• Play around at Blue Bayou Water Park, Celebration Station or Dixie Landing
• Fluker's Cricket Farm
• Ride the trolleys through downtown
• Winter ice skating at the River Center
• International Festival
• Earth Day
• Louisiana State Museum
• Shaw Center for the Arts
• Gospel music at the Greater King David Baptist Church
• Bike the 2.5 mile path along the Mississippi River levee between downtown and LSU
• Enjoy unique shopping and dining under the Perkins Road overpass
• Bird watching at Cat Island
• Enjoy nightlife on historic 3rd Street
• Visit local wineries
• Stroll through botanical gardens at Independence Park
• River Road African-American Museum in Donaldsonville
• Get delicious ice cream at the LSU Dairy Store
• Compete in bike races at the Velodrome
• Go tubing down the Amite river
• Visit the Baton Rouge Area Convention And Visitors Bureau, 730 North Blvd, Baton Rouge. 800-LA-ROUGE