Sights & Attractions in New Orleans

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Name Category Location
 
1850 House
A docent leads you through this well-preserved town house and... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Unusual aspects of this Colonial Revival building, a Catholic... 		Architectural Sites Uptown
 
AIA New Orleans Center for Design
In 2010, the American Institute of Architects opened the doors... 		Museums / Galleries Warehouse District
 
Alcee Fortier Park
This tiny sliver of a park was named for philanthropist Alcee... 		Parks Bayou St. John
 
American Aquatic Gardens
A commercial nursery and boutique gift shop, this small but wonderfully... 		Gardens / Arboretums Faubourg Marigny
 
American-Italian Renaissance Cultural Center
Italian-New Orleans customs are explained and artifacts exhibited... 		Museums / Galleries Warehouse District
 
Anthemion
The emergence of Colonial Revival architecture in the late 19th... 		Houses / Mansions Uptown
 
Arthur Roger Gallery
A highlight of Julia Street, this gallery showcases quality contemporary... 		Museums / Galleries Warehouse District
 
Beauregard-Keyes House
This stately 19th-century mansion with period furnishings was... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Benachi-Torre House
This historic Greek Revival mansion was built in 1859 for the... 		Houses / Mansions Bayou St. John
 
Briggs-Staub House
The only Gothic Revival house in the district was built in 1849... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Brown House
Completed in 1904 for cotton magnate William Perry Brown, the... 		Houses / Mansions Uptown
 
Buckner Mansion
This 1856 home was built by cotton factor Henry S. Buckner in... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Cabrini High School and Mother Cabrini Shrine
Mother Frances Cabrini, the first American-citizen saint (she... 		Educational Institutions Bayou St. John
 
Canal Place
The stores of this upscale shopping and office complex were significantly... 		Stores / Malls French Quarter
 
Canal Street
Canal Street, 170 feet wide, is the widest main street in the... 		Neighborhoods / Streets French Quarter
 
Castles House
Local architect Thomas Sully designed this 1895 Colonial Revival... 		Houses / Mansions Uptown
 
Christ Church Cathedral
This Gothic Revival Episcopal church completed in 1887 has steeply... 		Religious Sites Upper Garden District
 
Christopher Porché-West Galerie
Legendary independent photographer Christopher Porché-West... 		Museums / Galleries Bywater
 
Colonel Short's Villa
Occupied for a brief time by the Union governor of post-Civil... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Crescent City Farmer's Market
This year-round market offers an array of locally grown produce... 		Markets / Bazaars Warehouse District
 
Derby Pottery
Fragments of wrought ironwork and other architectural details... 		Museums / Galleries Lower Garden District
 
Dr. Bob
This small compound of artists' and furniture-makers' studios... 		Museums / Galleries Bywater
 
Edgar Degas House
Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, whose mother and grandmother... 		Houses / Mansions Bayou St. John
 
Eiffel Tower Building
Thirty years ago, engineers in Paris discovered hairline fractures... 		Architectural Sites Lower Garden District
 
Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots
The third-oldest racetrack in the country sits just off Esplanade... 		Sports Venues Bayou St. John
 
Faulkner House
The young novelist William Faulkner lived and wrote his first... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
Gallier Hall
This Greek Revival building, modeled on the Erectheum of Athens... 		Government Buildings CBD
 
Gallier House
Famous New Orleans architect James Gallier designed this as his... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Gauche House
One of the most distinctive houses in the French Quarter, this... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum
During a 31-year period (1937-68), Germaine Cazenave Wells, daughter... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Haunted House
Locals agree that this is the most haunted house in a generally... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
House on Bayou Road
This West Indies Creole-style house served as the main house... 		Houses / Mansions Bayou St. John
 
J&M Music Shop
A plaque on this 1835 building marks it as the former site of... 		Historic Districts / Sites Tremé
 
Jackson Brewery
More commonly known as Jax Brewery, this former brew house was... 		Stores / Malls French Quarter
 
Jean Lafitte National Park Visitor Center
This center has free visual and sound exhibits on the customs... 		Information Centers French Quarter
 
Jelly Roll Morton House
Jazz enthusiasts will want to follow Frenchmen Street beyond... 		Houses / Mansions Faubourg Marigny
 
John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building
New York architect James Gamble Rogers was summoned to design... 		Government Buildings CBD
 
Lafayette Square
Planned in 1788 as a public place for Faubourg St. Marie, the... 		Squares CBD
 
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The striking anvil no longer sounds in this ancient building... 		Historic Districts / Sites French Quarter
 
Latrobe House
Architect Henry Latrobe designed this modest house with Arsene... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
Lee Circle
At the northern edge of the Warehouse District, an 1884 bronze... 		Neighborhoods / Streets Warehouse District
 
Longue Vue House and Gardens
While technically in the Lakewood neighborhood, this beautiful... 		Houses / Mansions Mid-City
 
Louis Armstrong Park
There's a certain sad irony to this park. On the one hand, it's... 		Parks Tremé
 
Louisiana Supreme Court Building
The imposing Victorian building that takes up the whole block... 		Government Buildings French Quarter
 
Louisiana's Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall
This ponderous stone building at Lee Circle was built in 1891... 		Museums / Galleries Warehouse District
 
Luling Mansion
Also called the "Jockey's Mansion," this massive, three-story... 		Houses / Mansions Bayou St. John
 
Magnolia Mansion
This oversize Creole cottage, historically known as the Harris-Maginnis... 		Houses / Mansions Lower Garden District
 
Mercury Injection Studio Arts
Glassworks, mirrors, sculptures, and paintings fill this tiny... 		Museums / Galleries Bywater
 
Michalopoulos Galleries
One of New Orleans's most beloved artists, James Michalopoulos... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Miltenberger Houses
The widow Amelie Miltenberger built this row of three brick town... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
Milton H. Latter Memorial Library
A former private home now serves as the most elegant public library... 		Libraries Uptown
 
Musée Conti Wax Museum
The history of New Orleans and Louisiana unfolds in colorful... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Musson House
This Italianate house was built by impressionist painter Edgar... 		Museums / Galleries Upper Garden District
 
New Orleans Artworks at New Orleans Glassworks and Printmaking Studio
New Orleans Artworks gives daily free demonstrations of all stages... 		Museums / Galleries Warehouse District
 
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Many of New Orleans's most talented musicians, artists, and writers... 		Educational Institutions Faubourg Marigny
 
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
A large collection of artifacts and information on voodoo as... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
This building was the apothecary shop and residence of Louis... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Old U.S. Mint
Minting began in 1838 in this ambitious Ionic structure, a project... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Old Ursuline Convent
The Ursulines were the first of many orders of religious women... 		Religious Sites French Quarter
 
Orleans Club
This sumptuous mansion was built in 1868 as a wedding gift from... 		Houses / Mansions Uptown
 
Our Lady of Guadalupe, International Shrine of St. Jude
Constructed in 1826 to house funerals for victims of the city's... 		Religious Sites Tremé
 
Payne House
Confederate president Jefferson Davis died here on December 6... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Pontalba Buildings
Baroness Micaela Pontalba built these twin sets of town houses... 		Houses / Mansions French Quarter
 
Quadroon Ballroom
In the early 1800s, the wooden-rail balcony extending over Orleans... 		Historic Districts / Sites French Quarter
 
The Rink
This small collection of specialty shops was once the location... 		Stores / Malls Upper Garden District
 
Riverwalk Marketplace
This three-block-long shopping center contains several retail... 		Stores / Malls CBD
 
Robinson House
Styled after an Italian villa, this home built in the late 1850s... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Rodrigue Studio
Cajun artist George Rodrigue began his career as a painter with... 		Museums / Galleries French Quarter
 
Spanish Plaza
For a terrific view of the river and a place to relax, go behind... 		Squares CBD
 
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Ursuline nuns donated the land for this church in 1841. Upon... 		Religious Sites Tremé
 
St. Patrick's Church
A stark exterior gives way to a far more ornate, richly painted... 		Religious Sites Warehouse District
 
Storyville
The busy red-light district that lasted from 1897 to 1917 has... 		Neighborhoods / Streets Tremé
 
Studio Inferno Glassworks
Famous for their New Orleans-themed glasswork, flaming hearts... 		Museums / Galleries Bywater
 
Thomas Mann Gallery I/O "Insightful objects."
Known for his imaginative jewelry and sculptural forays he calls... 		Museums / Galleries Lower Garden District
 
Toby-Westfeldt House
Dating from the 1830s, this unpretentious French-Creole-style... 		Houses / Mansions Upper Garden District
 
Venusian Gardens and Art Gallery
This former 19th-century historic church building now serves... 		Museums / Galleries Faubourg Marigny
 
Washington Artillery Park
This raised concrete area on the river side of Decatur Street... 		Viewpoints French Quarter
 
Washington Square Park
This park provides a large green space in which to play Frisbee... 		Parks Faubourg Marigny
 
Wine Institute of New Orleans
This hybrid institute known by the acronym w.i.n.o. is part wine... 		Wineries / Breweries Warehouse District
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