New Orleans Louisiana
New Orleans . Visited CitiesLouisiana Facts
Sq. Miles: 52,378
Population: 4.649 million
Year Founded: April 30, 1812
Animal: American Black Bear
Bird: Brown Pelican
Drink: Milk
Fish: White crappie
Flower: Magnolia
Song: You Are My Sunshine
Tree: Bald Cypress
Longest Road: Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1)
Longest River: Mississippi River
Highest Elevation: 535 ft.
Lowest Elevation: -8 ft.
Famous People: 23
Ghost Towns: 16
Indian Tribes: 8
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Things To Do in New Orleans, LA
Here are some options for what to do if you’re in the New Orleans area.
New Orleans
- 1850 House
- Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
- Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center
- Audubon Park
- Audubon Zoo
- Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
- Backstreet Cultural Museum
- Bayou Segnette State Park
- Bayou St. John
- Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife
- Beauregard-Keyes House
- Bourbon Street
- Buckner Mansion
- Café Du Monde Mail Order
- Callan Contemporary
- Canal Street
- Carousel Gardens Amusement Park
- Cemetery Tour
- Central Grocery and Deli
- Chalmette Battlefield
- City Park
- Confederate Memorial Hall
- Congo Square
- Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
- Couturie Forest
- Crescent City Connection
- Crescent Park
- Decatur Street
- Esplanade Avenue
- Fort Macomb
- Fort Pike State Historic Site
- Frenchmen Street
- Gallier House
- Harrah’s Casino New Orleans
- Hermann-Grima House
- Jackson Square
- JAMNOLA
- Jean Lafitte National Park
- Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
- Lafayette Square
- Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar
- Lafitte Greenway
- Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
- Longue Vue House & Gardens
- Louis Armstrong Park
- Louisiana Children’s Museum
- Magazine Street
- Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes
- Mardi Gras World
- Metairie Cemetery
- Mississippi River Trail
- Museum of Death
- Musical Legends Park
- Newcomb Art Museum
- New Canal Lighthouse
- New Orleans African American Museum
- New Orleans Botanical Garden
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
- New Orleans Jazz Museum
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art
- Old Spanish Fort, c. 1704
- Old Ursuline Convent Museum
- Piazza d’Italia
- Pirates Alley
- Pitot House
- Pontchartrain Beach
- Port of New Orleans
- Preservation Hall
- Preservation Resource Center
- Saint Augustine Catholic Church
- Royal Street
- Shops of the Colonnade-French
- St. Louis Cathedral
- St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
- St. Louis Cemetery No. 2
- Steamboat NATCHEZ
- Storyland
- Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture
- The Cabildo
- The Historic New Orleans Collection
- The LaBranche House
- The Moonwalk Riverfront Park
- The Mortuary Haunted House
- The Music Box Village
- The National WWII Museum
- The Presbytere
- The Sazerac House
- The World-Famouse Cats Meow / Karaoke
- Voodoo Authentica Inc
- Warehouse & Arts District New Orleans
- Woldenberg Park
If you happen to use travel journals, be sure to check out the travel journal I created for my future New Orleans Road Trips.
Also, see our Product Catalog for a printable version of this list.
In the meantime, check out the stops we visited on our previous NOLA road trip!
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