New Orleans Secrets

Real, highly-rated local spots across New Orleans — beyond the tourist trail.

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• The National WWII Museum — Multi-building museum with interactive submarine exhibit, planes, 4-D theater & eatery downstairs.
• French Market — Old-fashioned shopping area featuring local vendors selling candy, clothing, gifts & souvenirs.
• Audubon Aquarium — Insect & marine life exhibits plus a 400,000-gallon tank with reefs, sharks & a walk-through tunnel.
• Audubon Zoo — Leafy home to Amur leopards, orangutans & white alligators, with presentations & feedings.
• Jackson Square — Artists & performers ply their trades in a park built in 1721 & lined with historic buildings.
• New Orleans Museum of Art — More than 40,000 pieces by global artists of various historical periods in a grand marble building.
• The Sazerac House — A highly-rated real-world spot (4.9★, 4541 reviews) worth spinning for.
• Mardi Gras World — Vast, 400,000-sq.-ft. complex where Mardi Gras floats are made & stored, with hourly tours.
• St. Louis Cathedral — Grand, spired circa-1700s church with stained glass, a painted ceiling & an active congregation.
• New Orleans City Park — This expansive urban greenspace with a lake & paths features a dog run, museums, disc golf & more.
• Louis Armstrong Park — 31-acre park that's home to historic Congo Square & hosts concerts, films & other events.
• Audubon Park — Park with oak trees, jogging & bike paths, a lagoon, picnic shelters, tennis courts & playgrounds.
• Museum of Death New Orleans — Macabre collection featuring mortuary equipment, crime scene pictures & displays on serial killers.
• Central Grocery and Deli — Small Italian market selling specialty foods & muffuletta sandwiches, which its founder invented.
• Steamboat NATCHEZ — Old-fashioned steamboat offering cruises with buffet dining, including brunch, plus jazz music.
• Lafreniere Park — Lush park with picnic areas, a 2-mile jogging path, play areas, athletic fields, fishing & more.
• New Orleans Pharmacy Museum — Circa-1823 apothecary is now a museum with exhibits of early medicines, superstitious cures & more.
• Marie Laveau's House Of Voodoo — Tiny shop with items such as voodoo dolls, talismans & spell kits, plus on-site psychic readings.
• Louisiana Children's Museum — Indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits include an art studio & a mock cafe, plus play areas.
• Hear Jazz History Inside the Old U.S. Mint at the New Orleans Jazz Museum — Housed in the Old U.S. Mint, tracing jazz's New Orleans roots through instruments and recordings, with a working live-music venue upstairs.

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