Pleasure Point Marina Bar & Grill is located on Lake Claiborne, and has been offering food, drinks, entertainment and accommodations to visitors since opening its doors in 1966. Try one of the “almost famous burgers” here, order up a drink from the bar and stick around for some live local music

Port Au Prince Restaurant is another lakefront business that has been serving the local community and visitors alike for more than 50 years. See why Louisiana Life magazine named Port Au Prince the “Best Catfish Shack” in the state.

Take your pick: swimming, fishing, birding, boating of all kinds, waterskiing, camping, hiking or just plain relaxing and enjoying the unsurpassed natural beauty. It's all here . . . at Lake Claiborne State Park. For fishermen, the freshwater lake was lavishly stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill sunfish, channel catfish, black crappie, striped bass, chain pickerel, bream, and white perch. The lake itself, at full reservoir level, has a surface area of 6,400 acres.

The woods of Lake Claiborne are also home to a wide variety of wildlife. Lovely nature trails and a scenic overlook will allow you to appreciate the beauty of the area at your own pace. Or you may be interested in a variety of nature tours, offered on a regular basis.

Lake Claiborne SP offers disc golf courses. Both courses offer 2 sets of tee pads, the Blue tees are for the skilled players and the Red tees for the newer players or first timers at the park. Families are encouraged to check out discs at the fee station on their next visit. Both courses start and end at the entrance. Scorecards and maps are available to the fee station or in the below "Disc Golf" section.

It is remarkable how many famous people have come from Homer, LA. The Courthouse Square is something to see. This Museum sits on the 1st corner of the square when you come into town from west on Hwy. 79/9.

The old motel and Maritzky Building, Martzky's donated it years ago.

The building has a wealth of history and some incredible heirlooms to this area. The curator, is very knowledgeable of all the history. Tours can be done on M, W & F. If you desire to have a personal tour - call the Museum office at 318-927-9190 to arrange.

Minden has one of only two downtown districts in the state to retain its original red brick-paved roads.

Starting at the water tower in the north you could treat yourself to a rewarding self-guided tour, admiring turn-of-the-century storefronts and calling it at any number of thriving local businesses.

Always hospitable and full of community spirit, downtown Minden hosts regular outdoor events, including the popular Grilling on Main BBQ contest in June and a car show in September.

There are stores on hand for antiques, collectibles, fashion, lingerie, jewelry and children’s clothes, as well as a strong contingent of eateries underpinned by Geaux Fresh (sandwiches), Roma Italian Bistro and Habacu’s (Mexican).

A few miles south of Minden is a giant body of water originating in 1800 with an epic logjam on the Red River.

Lake Bistineau was eventually impounded with a permanent dam on Loggy Bayou in 1935 and its twisting, indented shoreline quickly became a magnet for fishing.

On the western shore is Lake Bistineau State Park, in a magnificent swathe of cypress and tupelo forest, affording all kinds of outdoor recreation.

There are five different woodland trails, a swimming beach, several lakeside picnic sites and many acres of open water that can be traversed on a five-mile paddling loop (rentals are available).

Fishing season at Lake Bistineau is January through fall, and some of these freshwater species biting in these clear waters are catfish, black crappie, redear sunfish, largemouth bass, yellow bass and bluegill.

Heading along Broadway St, you could easily walk from downtown Minden to this delightful residential district with more than 70 contributing buildings on sidewalks shaded by stately mature trees.

Mostly lining a grand stretch of Broadway, the Minden Historic Residential District has opulent architecture in a spectrum of styles, from Greek Revival to Spanish Colonial Revival.

If you’re wondering about the unorthodox street plan in the district, it goes back to founder Charles Hans Veeder, who laid out Minden in the shape of a parallelogram in the 1830s.

Traced by beautiful old residences on the west side of the Minden Historic Residential District is a small park with an interesting past.

As hinted by the name, Academy Park is on the site of the Minden Male Academy, constructed in 1850, with an extra 80 acres donated to the campus by Civic Leaders in 1852.

In the decades before the local public school system was established, a host of distinguished figures received an education at this very place, including John Thomas Watkins (1854-1925), who served eight terms as a U.S. representative for Louisiana’s 4th congressional district.

Minden Male Academy closed in 1898, and the park that’s here now has a central fountain, gazebo, tennis court, picnic tables and paths under hardwood trees.

Even closer to Minden at 15 minutes east on I-20, Gibsland is the town where the infamous pair made their final stop.

This was Ma Canfield’s Cafe, where Bonnie and Clyde picked up sandwiches at 9am before driving into the ambush seven miles down the road. Bonnie was still holding her half-eaten fried bologna sandwich when they pulled her from the car.

The cafe building is now a Bonnie and Clyde museum, loaded with interesting details, artifacts and memorabilia relating to the couple and that fateful day.

On show is a replica of their bullet-riddled V8 Ford, one of Clyde’s Remington shotguns, Bonnie’s hat, broken glass from the scene, the cafe’s cash register and other curiosities like a tire that Clyde stole and gave to a local man.