Museums, History & Historic Sites

The French Market District features "America's Oldest Public Market".

A listing of some of the top things to do and visit in New Orleans City Parking, including fishing, boating, picnics, botanical gardens, amusement park, rides, historic wooden carousel, storyland, playgrounds, wifi cafe, art museum, sculpture garden, golf, frisbee golf, tennis, the city bark dog park, walking/jogging/running paths, forest...

Check out these five bits of trivia for New Orleans' biggest party. Did you already know them?

New Orleans' streets are named for all manner of people, places, and things. Here's a reference guide to New Orleans street names, their origins, and their special meaning for the people of this town.

Cajun and Creole music, food, and language share a great deal, particularly through their shared French origins, but they do have their distinctive properties, helping to give New Orleans its rich and varied culture.

meaning and history of the term neutral ground (median) in new orleans

Dan Baum's Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans relates the narratives of New Orleanians from Hurricane Betsy to Hurricane Katrina, and all the life that got lived in between. This is a must-read for anyone who cares about this town.

Things to Do in New Orleans

The two-hour tour through the historic French Quarter is led by certified tour guides. The Friends of the Cabildo is a non-profit volunteer group that supports the Cabildo and other Louisiana State Museum institutions and educational programs. Tours start at the 1850 House Museum Store, which is also run by the Friends, on Jackson Square (523 St. Ann) on Tuesday - Sunday at 10 am and 1:30 pm. Reservations are NOT needed. Private tours can also be arranged. Adults $15; Students age 12 - 20 $10; Children 12 and under are free with an adult. All proceeds benefit the work of the Friends.

An incredible resource for scholars of people of color in the Gulf South, the Amistad Research Center is on the Tulane University Campus.

The Foundation operates a museum and research library to gather information and memorabilia of Italian heritage.

They're primarily known for buying run-down, historically relevant houses, restoring them, and selling them. But they're also part of Operation Comeback and offer preservation-oriented books and gifts.

A list of the top parks in New Orleans including city park, audubon park, the lakefront and brectal park.

Pictures of the oldest cemetery in New Orleans - St. Louis No. 1. The cemetery is on the edge of the French Quarter. It contains the family tombs of many old Creole French families and the graves of many famous and historic people of New Orleans. Many immigrant society tombs are here and there is now a free musicians tomb. This is an extremely...

New Orleans Tour Guide Class at Delgado Community College

A list of my favorite New Orleans Facts from the Tour Guide Class at Delgado Community College in New Orleans.

Definition of lagnaippe, a French word and practice popular in New Orleans for a little something extra.

An article about the American Girl doll friends of New Orleans, a pair of best friends from different backgrounds in 19th century New Orleans during a yellow fever epidemic. The characters are featured in six American Girl books and portrayed in American Girl dolls, along with various accessories.

Louisiana 200th Birthday Bicentennial Stuff is all around including a music cd, US postal stamp, a film, posters, websites, license plates, guns, and memorabilia. Plus Bicentennial Babies born on the April 30, 2012 birth have special status and a birthday gift.