Sights & Attractions in New Orleans

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Things to Do in French Quarter

Name	Category	Location

1850 House This well-preserved town house and courtyard provide rare public...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

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

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

Beauregard-Keyes House The Confederate general and Louisiana native P.G.T. Beauregard...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

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


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

Canal Place At the foot of Canal Street, find upscale shopping to please...	Stores / Malls	French Quarter

Canal Street At 170 feet wide, Canal Street is the widest street (as opposed...	Neighborhoods / Streets	French Quarter

Faulkner House The young novelist William Faulkner lived and wrote his first...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

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

Gallier House Irish-born architect James Gallier had a hand in Jackson Square's...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

Gauche House The cherub design of the effusive ironwork on one of the most...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum During a 31-year period (1937-68), Germaine Cazenave Wells, daughter...	Museums / Galleries	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

Jackson Brewery A brewery from the days when New Orleans was the beer capital...	Stores / Malls	French Quarter

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

Jean Lafitte National Park Visitor Center Visitors who want to explore the areas around New Orleans should...	Information Centers	French Quarter

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

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop The striking anvil no longer sounds in this ancient building...	Historic Districts / Sites	French Quarter

LaLaurie Mansion Locals, or at least local tour guides, agree that this is the...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

Latrobe House Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who designed the U.S. Capitol...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

Louisiana Supreme Court Building The imposing Victorian building that takes up the whole block...	Government Buildings	French Quarter

Madame John's Legacy Now a state museum, this is the only example in the French Quarter...	Houses / Mansions	French Quarter

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

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

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

New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum This homegrown musuem will turn skeptics into believers. Voodoo...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park In 1987, the U.S. Congress declared jazz a "national American...	Arts / Performance Venues	French Quarter

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum To tour this musty shop is to step back into 19th-century medicine:...	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

Pontalba Buildings Baroness Micaela Pontalba built this twin set 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

Rodrigue Studio Cajun artist George Rodrigue began his career as a painter with...	Museums / Galleries	French Quarter

St. Louis Cathedral The oldest active cathedral in the United States, this iconic...	Religious Sites	French Quarter

Washington Artillery Park This raised concrete area on the river side of Decatur Street...	Military Sites, Viewpoints	French Quarter

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