New Iberia makes CNN's list of 12 places to visit | Arts & Culture

According to an article on CNN International's CNNGO. com, New Iberia's Main Street is one of 12 places featured on its list of “12 timely reasons to hit the United States in 2012”.

The article states that “Times Square, Bourbon Street and Sunset Boulevard may hog the spotlight, but the real American “Main Street” experience is hiding on well, Main Street.  According to the National Trust Main Street Center, a wing of the National Trust for Historic Preservation dedicated to nursing hundreds of vintage American communities back to health and wealth, Main Street, America is very much alive and worth straying off the beaten path to explore. Frederick Maryland: DeLand, Florida: Paducah, Kentucky:  New Iberia, Louisiana; and Libertyville, Illinois. All just down the road"

The list also includes the Golden Gate Bridge, Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. and the Music Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.

The link is: http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/usa/12-reasons- visit-us-2012-729642.