The Tomb of Marie Laveau
Drawing more visitors to her grave than Elvis Presley, Voo Doo Priestess Marie Laveau is a legend in not just New Orleans, but all over the world! Some say her … Read More
Category: Louisiana
St. Louis Cemetery #1
Laid out in 1789, St. Louis Cemetery #1 is one of the oldest and most historically significant cemeteries in New Orleans. With roughly 700 tombs and 100,000 people interned in … Read More
Beauregard-Keyes House
Built for a slave trader in the early 19th century, the Beauregard-Keyes House is one of the most historic homes in the French Quarter. After the Civil War it was … Read More
Omni Royal Orleans
The old St. Louis hotel was the location for a bizarre suicide that led police on a wild goose chase that found them looking at a partially dismembered corpse that … Read More
Pirate Alley
Located in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana you will find Pirate Alley between St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo. The infamous alley is believed to … Read More
Maison St. Charles
A hotel in New Orleans can trace it’s roots all the way back to the 1840s when a developer built a series of townhouses in the Garden District. The daughter … Read More
Hotel Monteleone
In the late 19th century Antonio Monteleone opened a hotel in the French Quarter that quickly became the place to be. Literary giants such as William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams … Read More
Magnolia Mansion
In the heart of the Garden District you will find the Harris-Maginnis House, one of the most haunted houses in New Orleans. The old mansion has been converted into an … Read More
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop
One of the most popular bars in the French Quarter has a checkered past with ties to fabled pirate Jean Lafitte! Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop was just that, a blacksmith shop … Read More
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
After earning the first license to mix and dispense medicine in Louisiana Louis Dufilho Jr. opened a pharmacy in the French Quarter, even though he practiced primitive procedures like bloodletting … Read More