Heading north to south, as the river flows, the first of these riverside manors is Nottoway (daily; $10; 225/545-2730), whose 64 rooms place it among the largest plantation homes in the South. Built in the 1850s, it was also one of the last “big houses” to be built. On the western shore of the Mississippi, along Hwy-1 about two miles north of the town of White Castle, Nottoway is a bright white Greek Revival structure enclosing over an acre of floor space, so you’ll be glad you don’t have to pay the air-conditioning bills or do the dusting.
Two miles south of White Castle, a state-run ferry jogs across the river (every 30 mins, during commute hours only) to Carville on the other side.
