Lake Charles, Louisiana - Tied For The Most Humid City in America. City Tour

Lake Charles is a city in southwest Louisiana. Downtown, the Mardi Gras Museum explores the history of the iconic festival through colorful costumes. The 1911 Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center features traveling exhibitions and local art. Nearby, the giant, centuries-old Sallier Oak tree stands on the grounds of the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, a visual arts center. The city also has several large casinos.

[@enatalavera6242]

Recently I visited Lake Charles, I had a good time. Beautiful little town.

[@donavanjohnson409]

Gonna be a great video of Lake Charles LA

[@thegodblogger3812]

Most of my memories of Lake Charles was as a kid traveling from home in Baton Rouge in the 1960s to Port Arthur Tex, my mom's hometown. During that time we traveled a lot by Greyhound bus and the depot was located at the corner of Ryan and Broad Streets. It moved from there in the mid to late 1980s.

[@kingtau]

I think my dad and I were at that station in the late 70s early 80s

[@saharsharifi6138]

Thank you so much for this video, I would love to visit Lake Charles one day!

[@Kvngleekoh]

Downtown needs a lot of work due to the hurricane, but the best part of lake Charles is definitely south lake Charles Ryan to Nelson rd.

[@spectralassassin6030]

I have an aunt who lives in Lake Charles. She left when the hurricane came. Whole way back home she was dreading seeing her house. As she turned onto her street it was just destroyed house after destroyed house until she got to hers. Not even a shingle was missing. Her house was perfectly fine.

[@BirdGangDad]

I remember seeing a house that was in the path of a tornado, debris and destroyed houses everywhere. Except for one house. Somehow in the middle of the wreckage, that house wasn’t touched

[@kagomeshuko]

Amazing. My house was destroyed and I'm still dealing with contractor fraud.

[@connorridgeway3090]

This is the perfect video to get an idea of the area. Thank you.

[@hummerguy]

I have a video of the whole entire city if you're really interested

[@jimmyfreeman9968]

That building at 1:32 used to be the Greyhound bus station during the 1970s. And the building on the right at 2:02 used to be an underground shopping mall. The building on the left at 3:21 was the civic center. They had high graduations and concerts there. But the tall building is a bank.

[@kagomeshuko]

The tall building used to HAVE a bank in it (owned by whatever bank it became) and had a lot of other office in it, too. It was imploded because the owners couldn't get a decent deal with the insurance to fix it. There are videos of it being imploded. That building was originally called the CM tower. CM stood for Calcasieu Marine. I know it's been owned by Capital One and HIbernia. I think there were other banks that owned it, too, but I don't know them.

[@phxgunner1227]

You need to come when Mardi Gras happens it’s insane

[@kagomeshuko]

I live in Lake Charles, LA! I know these sites well! That building was the CM tower/Capital One Tower/Hibernia Tower. It's been imploded. The owner's couldn't get a decent settlement with the insurance company to get it repaired. Before the 2020 hurricanes, it was a very pretty building - all glass windows to the outside and had lots of offices inside.

[@Sashak1963]

My hometown ❤

[@MasonWright1234]

I live in Sulphur Louisiana. Actually hurricane came in 2020

[@Austinchiasson165]

Yep my house got destroyed In westlake

[@charliedemosmusic]

Destroyed my area in Metairie as well. Hope y’all are doing better now. We had to move but love living in mandeville! ⚜️

[@danielperry8630]

Yep I was in Lake Charles

[@Kitties090]

I live in lake Charles and the same thing hurricane came it was named hurricane Lora and it a category 4 hurricane 2 trees that were in my front yard fell 1 was a tall oak tree and the other tree right next to it was a magnolia tree which is our state tree, but we are deciding that we are gunna grow another Magnolia tree and a baptism pine in our front yard and we still don't have a fence

[@rickydavis5541]

Love this town reminds me of Kalispell Montana

[@fredlandry6170]

I grew up there on the south side stay away from the north end especially at night it’s the hood.

[@juliecarroll1328]

My parents live in one of those big old houses. 116 years old and haunted.

[@kagomeshuko]

I've heard there are ghosts in some of the buildings, but I've never personally experienced them inside anywhere. I'm pretty sure I saw wandering spirits down by ACTS on Reid St. one time, though.

[@OfficialNyner]

Wow didn't think anyone youtuber came to this side😄

[@CasinoCourtney]

2024 update that tall building is being imploded in a couple months. It received lots of glass damage. Owners wouldn’t repair and couldn’t sell. City made them put millions aside to demolish if need be that time has approached

[@LAAKIRA55]

NO MORE CM TOWER. IT IS SAD

[@theraptorus]

September 7, 2024 RIP to the CM/Hibernia/Capital One tower.

[@carlacastellon7640]

Muy vuenas noches des de nicaragua❤

[@dpsullivan85]

Dude!! What was that white thing flying across the sky at the very end of the video? I'm not one of those ufo people...but that was moving WAY TOO FAST across the sky to be a plane!!! I live not far from where you filmed this. What do you think it was!!??

[@spectralassassin6030]

Looked like a plane.

[@Mister.Nobody337]

T-38 Talon - Chennault Air Park (about 4 miles from the location filmed) houses USAF Jet trainers.

[@NoorAbusada-j8i]

It’s called the capital one tower of the window drop down

[@LAAKIRA55]

I LIVE IN LAKE CHARLES

[@fredlandry6170]

I grew up in Lake Charles and left in 1991 I wouldn’t move back there to damn hot to many mosquitoes and too many bad memories.

[@lindakent6804]

We got tore up from hurricane but we are coming back. South side is booming.

[@dianaaikanoff7123]

I’ve been to the Charles before I was one

[@rickydavis5541]

Be there many times and I from Montana plus I got family live near there!

[@cigdamagelungs]

Keep it

[@theonewhomjesusloves7360]

The only interesting building,the courthouse, and you dont even show it 🤷‍♀️

[@That1guy9374]

The cathedral down town is pretty nice

[@yusufdelrio2728]

I dont recognize it. I used to live there from 83 to 86

[@shaunbrasher1220]

lol I live there and dude

[@TheInsultInvestor]

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[@MacGiollaCostigan]

Looks pretty slow... Not much action.. no bars??

[@brittrips]

They have a bar strand

[@MacGiollaCostigan]

@@brittrips some comments on other videos say the city has a funky smell.... That true?? I guess bc of the Petro chemical refinery? Reason I'm asking is bc I'm looking at buying a house I saw online that is beautiful but idk anything about that area...

[@travisvandenberg4789]

@@MacGiollaCostigan it doesn’t stink lol I live downtown

[@MacGiollaCostigan]

@@travisvandenberg4789 you're probably just used to the smell lol.. so is this place like hurricane city or what?? I'm genuinely scared to buy a house there.. shits gonna get smashed by another cat 5 guaranteed.. I drove thru Louisiana one time and it was just a total dump... But the house I found in lake Charles is really nice.. idk what to do.. how's the females look there??

[@travisvandenberg4789]

@@MacGiollaCostigan I mean it’s a gamble if you buy a house here as far as hurricanes but the last time a major hurricane hit here was in 2005 so not very often. The city is ok but you get a lot for your money when you buy here.