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The Alexandria Zoological Park is a 33-acre (13 ha) zoo located in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. First opened to the public in 1922, it is owned by the City of Alexandria and operated by the Division of Public Works. It is home to about 500 animals.
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Kind of a low-key state history museum.
Museum about a Harlem Renaissance poet, located in his childhood home.
Housed in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building that was built in 1898, this museum has various permanent and transitory exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, etc, plus classes.
One of the oldest surviving plantations in Louisiana.
Civil War sites, including the Bailey Dam area where Union naval admiral David Porter was able to retreat in safety after the Battle of Mansfield had given the Confederates the victory.