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New Orleans Highlights
10 placesNew Orleans
Visiting New Orleans for the first time? This city pulses with jazz, history, and culture around every corner. Use this guide to find your way through it all.
- Pop culture
- Music
- Art
- Architecture
- Science & Tech
- Nature
- Folklore
- Local culture
- History
- Social Justice
- Food traditions
- Religion
Places in this guide
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Café du MondeNew Orleans' oldest coffee shop ☕ - 2
Jackson SquareA baroness transformed this iconic square 👑 - 3
Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of FranceThree churches have stood here ⛪ - 4
French MarketNative Americans traded here before New Orleans existed - 5
New Orleans Pharmacy MuseumHome of America's first licensed pharmacist 💊 - 6
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1Where voodoo and jazz funerals meet 💀 - 7
Congo SquareBirthplace of jazz 🎷 - 8
New Orleans MintOldest surviving U.S. Mint building 🪙 - 9
Old Ursuline ConventOldest building in the Mississippi Valley 🏛️ - 10
Backstreet Cultural MuseumHe filmed 500+ jazz funerals 🎷
