New Orleans is not just a city. It’s a feeling. It’s the sound of a brass band drifting down Royal Street. It’s coffee and beignets before the city wakes up. It’s oak trees, streetcars, second lines, riverboats, neighborhood restaurants, hidden courtyards, and stories that somehow get better every time they’re told. Completely New Orleans was created to celebrate all of it. My name is Richard Bienvenu, and I’ve spent years exploring, studying, working in, and talking about this city. Like many

  🌍  New Orleans Attractions – the Top 10 Must See (With Bonus Hidden Gems!) Welcome to New Orleans — a city like no other. Known for its vibrant street life, Creole cuisine, soulful jazz, and deep history, the Crescent City is a feast for the senses. Whether it’s your first visit or your fiftieth, New Orleans will surprise and enchant you in unexpected ways. This curated guide highlights the top 10 must-see attractions in New Orleans, plus a few extras

New Orleans is separated into many districts which reflect the uniqueness of its neighborhoods. We have downtown which includes the CBD (central business district) and the French Quarter the oldest part of the city. Then we have the Garden District which is where the Americans settled after New Orleans became part of the United States. Because the French speaking citizens wanted to have nothing to do with these “invaders” they moved across Canal Street to grow their own community with magnificent

New Orleans is known around the world for so many things that it would be difficult to list them all in this short space. So I will try right now to do this. New Orleans is known for it’s wonderful, unique cuisine, mainly Creole food. New Orleans is know for it architecture. It is know for the Jazz and Heritage Festival. One of the top things New Orleans is known for is Mardi Gras which has been called the greatest free

Almost all the New Orleans cemeteries are open to the public. At the present time one of the most popular near Commander’s Palace restaurant is closed due to repairs. But all other ones are open. The St. Louis Cemetery, owned by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, currently have restrictions on how many can enter at a time. To access this cemetery you need a guided tour. You can go to Cemetery Tours New Orleans to book a visit. This is probably

How New Orleans are you?   Here’s a little quiz to help you along the way. This is for locals as well as visitors and the curious.   When was New Orleans officially founded? What is the most celebrated of all the holidays in New Orleans. What is New Orleans most famous for? Who won the Battle of New Orleans? What was the name of the man who lead the battle? When is Mardi Gras? When is the Jazz Fest? What

New Orleans was founded officially in 1718 by the Bienville brothers. These were French Canadians and were actually teenagers who declared on this spot on the crescent of the river to be a perfect place to found the port.   The reason this spot was chosen, although some were pressing for a spot in Manchac to be the city since it was on higher ground, but Manchac is not on the Mississippi River. Manchac could be accessed through Lake Pontchartrain which

How New Orleans celebrates its dead is unique to the rest of the United States. And a lot of what we do comes from African and Latin American cultures.   We have something called second line which started as part of a funeral procession from the black community where the mourners walk from the church to the cemetery, the first part the band plays a slow dirge and then after that the music changes to something more lively. Usually the tune

Many believe that the flooding of New Orleans during Katrina had to do with the water overtopping the levees and the flood walls. This is not true. The city was flooded by the incompetence of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Everyone in the city knows this to be true.   The 17th Street Canal had flood walls of sheet piling that did not extend all the way to the clay soil. People who lived along the New Orleans side of

New Orleans was built on a crescent in the Mississippi. The story goes that it was actually built on a site that was sacred to the Indians. Is it any wonder that New Orleans is perhaps the most spiritual city in America? We have tons of churches and religious ceremonies throughout the year, the biggest is Mardi Gras. Yes, it is a religious celebration that comes before Ash Wednesday.   The city is built on a natural levee and the old