She plans to use the palm trees in front of her home as decoration for tiki huts. But the drive to turn houses into Mardi Gras floats goes beyond just keeping the holiday tradition alive.

If you’re just passing through North Baton Rouge, you might think Dougherty Drive looks like all the others, until you get ...

Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras. Given the close proximity to Christmas and the start of the Mardi Gras season, Mardi Gras trees are another ...

or maybe a gingerbread house that’s cozy and wonderful and it’s just decorated to the hilts,” said Anne Monlezun. Work has begun on building a new Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu.