The fascinating city of New Orleans has seen its share of hard times, and even after Katrina’s destruction in 2005 and the steepest challenges it has gone through, there’s still something about the city that makes it America’s most unique, authentic and alluring destination. With such an abundance of great music, spectacular food, and amazing tourist attractions, visiting New Orleans is a fascinating experience nobody could resist.
Old Courthouse
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- City: New Orleans
This hulking Romanesque building is the most obvious landmark upon arriving on the shores of the West Bank, and is still functioning both as a courthouse and office space for several local government ...
Old New Orleans Rum Distillery
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- City: New Orleans
What a cool thing to do in the city that no one has heard of! For a measly ten bucks, you get to tour a rum distillery and have a rum tasting. The rums are quit...
Old Spanish Fort
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- City: New Orleans
It remains of this colonial era fortification are just across the Bayou and Robert E. Lee Blvd. from the Helenic Cultural Center. Not much to see; little remains other than a few walls and ruined pile...
Po-Boy Festival
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- City: New Orleans
Po-Boy Festival is a huge one day festival held each November. The Oak Street and the surrounding area is lined with food vendors, featuring great Po-boy sandwiches and other local treats. There are l...
Presbytere
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- City: New Orleans
Presbytere is the important historical building in New Orleans located in the French Quarter along Jackson Square, adjacent to the St. Louis Cathedral. It was founded in 1906 with the huge goal of to ...
Royal Street
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- City: New Orleans
Strolling Royal Street by day is as essential a New Orleans experience as Bourbon Street by night. 1 block away in distance, a world in attitude. There are art galleries, upscale antique stores, landm...
Saint Augustine Church
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- City: New Orleans
This famous church founded at the start of the nineteenth century by "free people of color" is famous in local African-American history. Shortly after it opened...
Saint Louis Cemetery #1
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- City: New Orleans
Local notables entombed here include 19th century Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. It can safely be visited with tour groups; free ones are given by the park service ...
Sankofa Marketplace
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- City: New Orleans
Sankofa Marketplace is a weekly market with farm fresh produce, prepare food and crafts. It is located at 3819 St Claude Ave (at Pauline St in the ARISE Academy Complex) and opens on Saturday 10:00-14...
Southern Food & Beverage Museum
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- City: New Orleans
Based in Central Business District, Southern Food & Beverage Museum is a non-profit museum that allows the visitors to learn and understand the South food. ...
St Claude Arts District/SCAD
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- City: New Orleans
St Claude Arts District/SCAD is new Orleans newest & hottest arts district thats not your usual tourist-centric arts destination. A true "only in New Orlean...
St Roch Cemeteries
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- City: New Orleans
This cemetery has above-ground crypts that rival many of New Orleans' more famous cemeteries, along with artistic stations of the cross. The old cemetery chapel and shrine of cures, however, are what ...