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New Orleans - Historic sites

Things to Do: Historic sites

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

An area of the city that features numerous historic homes.

Attraction type: Scenic/historic walking area; Neighborhood; Historic walking area
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Reported to be the oldest bar in the USA.  Order a T-shirt while you are there, and take a look at the live music. The quality is inconsistent, but it's often fun or always different. Horse and buggy...

Attraction type: Bar/club; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Founded in 1789, this cemetery is the oldest in New Orleans and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Attraction type: Cemetery
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This historic home, built in 1857 by James Gallier, Jr., now serves as a museum. Tours are available Monday-Friday.

Attraction type: History museum; Historic home; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #27 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This is one of the oldest gay establishments in the United States.

Attraction type: Historic site; Gay bar
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #32 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This 19th-century house offers demonstrations of what life was like for a typical Creole family in the 1800s.

Attraction type: Historic home; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #33 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Considered one of the most haunted locations in the French Quarter, a peak at this historic mansion (circa 1832) will send chills up and down your spine.

Attraction type: Historic home; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #39 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

The burial site for many of the people who lived in the mansions of the surrounding Garden District.

Attraction type: Cemetery; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #45 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Located in the city's oldest cemetery, this temple is still in active use by practitioners of voodoo.

Attraction type: Cemetery; Historic site; Health club
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #49 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Dating back to the mid-18th century, this convent housed the famous Sisters of Ursula, among the female pioneers of New Orleans.

Attraction type: Religious site; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #55 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

The partying never stops on Bourbon Street, the French Quarter's liveliest and wildest thoroughfare, where the rhythmic sounds of jazz, country western, Dixieland and sultry blues permeate the air. Brimming with life, you'll find everything from shopping to music to Cajun food to nightclubs.

Attraction type: Street; Statue
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #56 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Magnificent example of Italianate style architecture containing imported techniques, 24-karat gold sconces and a 48-foot grand ballroom lined with jeweled windows.

Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #60 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Good news from Chalmette Battlefield----it's now open. It's one of the six sites of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, and although one trail is closed at one site and a couple of...

Attraction type: National park; Battlefield
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #68 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

  St Louis Cemetary No.3 is walking distance from the New Orleans Museum of Art. If you are traveling by car , there are newly paved roads to drive in and pick a spot in the cemetary for photos. There

Attraction type: Cemetery
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #76 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This historic building, which dates back to 1806, now houses a bar and two restaurants.

Attraction type: Piano bar; Historic site; Landmark/point of interest; Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #77 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

The 19th-century building that housed the old Spanish government has been rebuilt as a museum covering the history of Louisiana through the Civil War.

Attraction type: History museum; Children's museum; Historic site; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #85 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

New Orleans' second oldest neighborhood. Algiers Point is separated from the French Quarter by the Mississippi River.

Attraction type: Neighborhood; Historic walking area
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #91 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This raised center hall house was built in 1826, for wealthy auctioneer Joseph LeCarpentier. Named for two famous former residents, the Confederate general Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard...

Attraction type: Historic home; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #99 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

Tours are offered of these historic French Quarter homes, allegedly inhabited by the famed ghosts of New Orleans.

Attraction type: Historic home
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #106 of 275 attractions in New Orleans

This double-galleried house is owned by author Anne Rice and is featured in her bewitching fiction.

Attraction type: Historic home
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