"The Last Stop: Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum"

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    Gibsland, Louisiana, sits just off I-20. Most traffic never leaves the interstate. I did — once in 2017, and again recently.

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    The Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum is at 2419 Main Street, on the site of Ma Canfield’s Café. On the morning of May 23, 1934, Clyde went in for sandwiches. Bonnie waited in the car. They drove south on Highway 154. Seven miles later a posse in the pines ended it.

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    The old café is gone. In its place is the Last Stop Café, attached to the museum, which opened here in 2005. Perry Carver runs it now. The rooms are packed — letters, poems, newspaper pages, guns, hideouts, personal pieces. And the car. It is a replica. The real Ford, the one with the holes, lives in a casino in Nevada. This one is close enough.

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    Stay on 154 south from town. The markers sit on the shoulder in an open stretch of road. The trees are farther back.

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    **If you go:** 2419 Main Street, Gibsland, LA. I-20 exit 61, one mile south. Open daily 9–5; call (318) 843-1934 first — their website is down. Admission is about $10.

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    If you’re already on the interstate between Monroe and Shreveport, it’s an easy stop. The museum shows you what they carried. The road shows you where it ended.