Does that town sound familiar? It should, it is on the label of every bottle of Tabasco sauce! Started by Edmund McIlhenny in 1868, the company has grown from 1 employee to over 200. At the plant, they bottle hundreds of thousands of their little red bottles and ship them to 195 countries in 25 languages. On the tour, you see the plants, the barrels, and the mixing and bottling lines up close. Edward Avery “Ned” McIlhenny created a jungle garden on the island and in 1895 he created Bird City, a sanctuary for the endangered snowy egrets. Starting with 8 birds, his sanctuary now protects over 100000 birds. They have a nice museum, country store, and the 1868 restaurant.