Discover New Orleans with one of the most comprehensive virtual experiences in the world. Ride in a streetcar down the picturesque St. Charles Avenue. Visit Cafe du Monde and Commander's Palace, and then treat yourself to a plantation or swamp tour. Are you a meeting planner, or coming to New Orleans on a business trip? Walk through our Convention Center or some of our major hotels before you even arrive... all from the comfort of your chair.
Andrew drives us through this stunning 65-acre cemetery built on a former horse-racing track. When it was dedicated in 1872, the trend in cemeteries in the Eastern United States was toward rural memorial parks with landscaped grounds, lakes, and pathways. This aesthetic, combined with New Orleans flair for ornamented, above-ground tombs, creates a cemetery that one can explore all day.
Facing Jackson Square and flanked by the historic Cabildo on one side and the equally historic Presbytere on the other, St. Louis Cathedral is among the tallest and most imposing structures in the French Quarter. And one of the most recognizable. It has been seen in hundreds of movies, TV shows and other visual presentations and it is a local and international architectural icon.
As the mother church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, St. Louis Cathedral has a long and interesting history. It is the oldest continuously active Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States, originally built in 1727 and dedicated to King Louis IX of France, "The Crusading King" who was later canonized by the Church. The original St. Louis Cathedral burned during the great fire of 1794 and was rebuilt. The present structure was completed in the 1850s.
In September 1987 the cathedral witnessed the historic visit of Pope John Paul II and the plaza directly in front of the church was renamed in the pope's honor. Shortly afterward the status of the Cathedral was upgraded to a Basilica.
New Orleans Neighborhoods #7 - French Quarter Main Streets A neighborhood tour of the main streets of the French Quarter in real-time. These are the streets that parallel the Mississippi River. See the cross streets in New Orleans Neighborhoods #13 at https://youtu.be/t3UrztsFwqo ! 00:30 Canal St 01:10 N Peters St 07:55 Decatur St 18:39 Chartres St 22:26 St. Peter St 23:48 Bourbon St 24:14 St. Ann St 25:05 Chartres St 27:25 Esplanade Ave 27:52 Royal St 34:40 Burgundy St 38:30 Dauphine St 43:20 N Rampart St
Join in a guided tour of the past and present cultural traditions of the Choctaw, Chitimacha, Houma, and Tunica-Biloxi tribes, all of which used to inhabit the Bulbancha (New Orleans) area. Students will follow a map with eight stops to view artifacts and pictures of these groups. Students will listen to tribe leaders share their language, dances, and stories of their respective tribes.
Explore the history of scandalous dances in New Orleans, from the Charleston to bounce!
Join THNOC education staff for a look behind the scenes of THNOC’s exhibition Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, then experience a virtual walking tour of sites connected to the domestic slave trade in New Orleans.
Discover post-Civil War New Orleans with THNOC staff. Learn about the desegregation of New Orleans' streetcars in 1867, examine maps and objects from THNOC's holdings, and more.
Your guide to New Orleans hotels - including the French Quarter, Garden District/Uptown, Convention Center area and suburbs such as Metairie - was created by New Orleans locals to help you find the perfect New Orleans hotel for your visit. We love our city, and we want visitors to love it too, which is why we feel it's important to help them find the most enjoyable places to stay.
