Things to Do in New Orleans

Sights Overview

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

Alternative Art Spaces Bywater is home to dozens of alternative art spaces, many of...	Arts / Performance Venues	Bywater


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

Aquarium of the Americas Power failures during Katrina resulted in the major loss of the...	Zoos / Aquariums	French Quarter

Arthur Roger Gallery A highlight of Julia Street, this gallery showcases quality contemporary...	Museums / Galleries	Warehouse District

Arts Market of New Orleans Spend a morning perusing the craftsmanship of more than 100 artists...	Markets / Bazaars	Carrollton-Riverbend

Audubon Insectarium Shrink down to ant size and experience "Life Underground," explore...	Government Buildings	French Quarter

Audubon Park Formerly the plantation of Etienne de Boré, the father...	Parks	Uptown

Backstreet Cultural Museum Since 1999 when the Backstreet Cultural Museum opened its doors...	Museums / Galleries	Tremé

Bayou St. John A bayou is a natural inlet, usually a slow moving, narrow waterway...	Bodies of Water	Bayou St. John

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

Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World at Kern Studios Mardi Gras World's entertainment complex moved from Algiers Point...	Museums / Galleries	Warehouse District

Bourbon Street Ignore your better judgment and take a stroll down Bourbon Street...	Neighborhoods / Streets	French Quarter

Brevard House Though Anne Rice moved out of her elegant Garden District home...	Houses / Mansions	Upper Garden District

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

The Cabildo Dating from 1799, this Spanish colonial-style building is named...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

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

City Park This 150-year-old, 1,300-acre expanse of moss-draped oaks and...	Parks	Mid-City

Coliseum Square Park Established in the mid-19th century, this lush green park is...	Parks	Lower Garden District

Colonel Short's Villa Occupied for a brief time by the Union governor of post-Civil...	Houses / Mansions	Upper Garden District

Columns Hotel Built in 1883 as a private home, the Columns has been the scene...	Hotels	Uptown

Contemporary Arts Center Founded in 1976, the center endured long, hard years of economic...	Arts / Performance Venues	Warehouse District

Crescent City Farmer's Market This year-round market offers an array of locally grown produce...	Markets / Bazaars	Warehouse District

Crescent City Farmers' Market Rub shoulders with New Orleans's chefs as they rush to pick up...	Markets / Bazaars	Carrollton-Riverbend

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

Elms Mansion Built in 1869, this home saw the Confederate president Jefferson...	Houses / Mansions	Upper 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

The Fly Spend an afternoon picnicking at this lush green park with spectacular...	Parks	Carrollton-Riverbend

French Market The sounds, colors, and smells here are alluring: street performers...	Markets / Bazaars	French Quarter

Frenchmen Street The street's three-block stretch closest to the French Quarter...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Faubourg Marigny

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

Goodrich-Stanley House This restored Creole cottage is an excellent example of the modest...	Architectural Sites	Lower Garden District

Harrah's New Orleans The only land-based casino in the New Orleans area, Harrah's...	Casinos	CBD

Haunted House Locals agree that this is the most haunted house in a generally...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

Hermann-Grima House One of the largest and best-preserved examples of American architecture...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

Historic New Orleans Collection This private archive and exhibit complex, with thousands of historic...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

House of Broel's Victorian Mansion and Dollhouse Museum Antique furnishings fill this restored antebellum home. The dollhouse...	Museums / Galleries	Upper Garden District

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

Jackson Square Surrounded by historic buildings and plenty of the city's atmospheric...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

Jazz and Heritage Festival Don't let the four-letter word at the center of its name intimidate...	Festivals	Bayou St. John

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

Julia Street Contemporary-art dealers have adopted this strip in the Warehouse...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Warehouse District

LaBranche Houses This complex of lovely town houses, built in the 1830s by Widow...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. Built in 1833, Lafayette Cemetery No...	Cemeteries	Upper Garden District

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

Lonsdale House As a 16-year-old immigrant working in the New Orleans shipyards...	Houses / Mansions	Upper Garden District

Louis Armstrong Park There's a certain sad irony to this park. On the one hand, it's...	Parks	Tremé

Louisiana Children's Museum An invaluable resource for anyone traveling with kids, this top-notch...	Museums / Galleries	Warehouse District

Louisiana Superdome Home to the NFL's New Orleans Saints, the Louisiana Superdome...	Sports Venues	CBD

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

Loyola University The Jesuits built this complex facing the avenue in 1912. Today...	Educational Institutions	Uptown

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

Mardi Gras Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the final day of Carnival...	Festivals	French Quarter

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

Mississippi River When facing the river, you see to the right the Crescent City...	Bodies of Water	French Quarter

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

National World War II Museum The brainchild of historian and writer Dr. Stephen Ambrose, who...	Museums / Galleries	Warehouse District

New Orleans African American Museum Set in a historic villa surrounded by a lovely small park and...	Museums / Galleries	Tremé

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 Healing Center This new community center sets an ambitious goal for itself:...	Local Interest-Sight	Faubourg Marigny

New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum A large collection of artifacts and information on voodoo as...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) Gracing the main entrance to City Park, this traditional fine...	Museums / Galleries	Mid-City

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum This building was the apothecary shop and residence of Louis...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

Ogden Museum of Southern Art Art by Southerners, art made in the South, art about the South...	Museums / Galleries	Warehouse District

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

Pitot House One of the few surviving houses that lined the bayou in the late...	Houses / Mansions	Bayou St. John

Pontalba Buildings Baroness Micaela Pontalba built these twin sets of town houses...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

The Presbytère One of twin Spanish colonial-style buildings flanking St. Louis...	Museums / Galleries	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. Louis Cathedral The oldest active cathedral in the United States, this iconic...	Religious Sites	French Quarter

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Just one block from the French Quarter, St. Louis Cemetery No...	Cemeteries	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

Tulane University Next to Loyola University on St. Charles Avenue, the university's...	Educational Institutions	Uptown

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

Woldenberg Riverfront Park This stretch of green from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue overlooks...	Parks	French Quarter

Women's Guild of the New Orleans Opera Association House This fundamentally Greek Revival house, built in 1865, has a...	Houses / Mansions	Upper Garden District
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