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Manchac Swamp: A Visitor’s Guide to the Cypress Forest 30 Minutes from New Orleans

Manchac is the second-largest bald cypress swamp in the United States, and it’s 30 minutes from the French Quarter. Most New Orleans visitors never see it. They drive past the exit on I-55 on their way to a plantation and never know what they missed. This is the version we’d give a friend who asked….