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Where can you hatch a baby alligator in your hand, or zoom over a swamp by zipline? Where can you travel through time in your own T.A.R.D.I.S, cocktail in hand?
New Orleans blends the unconventional with the orthodox to create a cultural collision unlike any other city. Known for its jazz, cocktails, Mardi Gras celebrations, and centuries-old mysteries, New Orleans has a history rooted in revelry and mystery.
From historic buildings that housed early jazz legends, to museums devoted to the Red-light district, to eateries offering local specialties, 111 Places in New Orleans will introduce you to the distinct vibrancy of the city, and reveal the musical, spiritual, historical, edible, and often sinful, sides of the Crescent City.
Experience the depths of dive bars and the heights of haut monde as 111 Places in New Orleans escorts you through a tableau of the Big Easy's best kept secrets. New Orleans may be known as the "City that Care Forgot," but locals and visitors alike will always remember the storied places profiled in these pages - places that embrace the eccentric, celebrate the supernatural, and memorialise the macabre. As noted musician and New Orleans native Allen Toussaint once said, "To get to New Orleans, you don't pass through anywhere else."
Contents
Aidan Gill for Men
An unapologetically male barbershop | 10
Algiers Ferry
Second no more | 12
Anne Rice's Grave
Queen of the undead | 14
Antoine's Restaurant
Secret wine cellar | 16
Audubon Labyrinth
A healing path | 18
Backstreet Cultural Museum
Culture runs deep | 20
Bayou Sauvage
Experience wildlife off Bourbon Street | 22
Bevolo Gas & Electric
Modern antiques | 24
Black Gold
One brave horse | 26
Bottinelli Place
A son's tribute | 28
Boutique de Vampyre's Apothecary
A tasty time travel | 30
The Broad Theater
Indoor and outdoor entertainment | 32
Bucktown Marsh Walk
Birdwatching paradise | 34
Bug Appetit
Crickets on the menu | 36
Bywater Bakery
Inclusivity baked in | 38
Cascade Stables
Horses and the city | 40
Claiborne Corridor
Cultural innovation | 42
Congo Square
Ancestral worship | 44
Cool Zoo
Where the gators run | 46
Cornstalk Fences
Iron cornfields with a past | 48
Country Club
Pool paradise | 50
Court of Two Sisters
A charmed gateway | 52
Crescent City Farmers Market
Homegrown goodness | 54
Crescent Park
Following the rusty rainbow | 56
Crown & Anchor English Pub
TARDIS | 58
Dark Matters Oddities
Room of wonder | 60
Dat Dog's Chewbacchus Room
Bask in the glow of the sacred drunken Wookiee | 62
Deelightful Roux School of Cooking
Second to none | 64
Derby Pottery
Making history | 66
Dew Drop Inn
Swim, stay and sway | 68
Dive Bar Row
Far away from Bourbon Street | 70
Dooky Chase's Civil Rights Room
Small space, big legacy | 72
Dr. Bob's Folk Art
Be nice and buy one | 74
Evacuspots
Friendly warnings | 76
Fats Domino Home
A symbol of roots and recovery | 78
Fifi Mahony's
Wig paradise | 80
Flooded Museum
Outside looking in | 82
Flying Horses Carousel
A ride through time | 84
French Quarter Alleys
Quick trips through time | 86
Friday Night Fights
Boxing with a twist | 88
Garden Totem Poles
Whimsy on the bayou | 90
General Laundry
Mayan masterpiece | 92
Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum
Fit for a queen | 94
Gondola Rides in City Park
A taste of Venice | 96
Greetings from NOLA
Your own selfie postcard | 98
Guardian's Wall
A monument to AIDS victims | 100
H. Rault Locksmith
The secret key | 102
Hot Tin
Cocktails with a view | 104
Ignatius J. Reilly Statue
Watching for signs of bad taste | 106
Immigrant Statues
Honoring the past and present | 108
Insta-Gator Ranch
A snappin' good time | 110
JAMNOLA
More than a photo op | 112
Jazz Museum
Satchmo's cornet | 114
Kayaking on Bayou St. John
Paddle with nature | 116
Kenner Planetarium and MegaDome Cinema
Space travel, Louisiana style | 118
Laborde Mountain
A mountain for everyone | 120
Lakefront Airport
An Art Deco museum masquerading as an airport | 122
LaLaurie Mansion
The house of unspeakable horrors | 124
Latitude 29
Tiki renaissance | 126
Le Petit Theatre
The show goes on | 128
Lee Harvey Oswald's Haunts
Killer real estate | 130
Magnolia Bridge
Pathway to the past | 132
Margaret Place
Friend of orphans | 134
Marie Laveau's Home
Voodoo priestess | 136
Marigny Opera House
Artistic holy ground | 138
Maya Snorkel
Swim with stingrays | 140
Mayfair House
Witches and demons | 142
Miss Claudia's Vintage Clothing & Costumes
Stylish home of "Ain't There No Mo" | 144
Mr. Bingle
A hole in one | 146
Ms. Mae's
Cheap drinks and cool bathrooms | 148
Music Box Village
Imagination invitation | 150
Musical Legends Park
Legends in bronze | 152
Napoleon's Death Mask
A Spanish history | 154
New Orleans Craft Culture
Glitter by the pound | 156
Ninth Ward Memorial Arch
Controversial tribute to WWI | 158
Orleans Gallery by Louisiana Art
Passion unparalleled | 160
Our Lady of La Vang
East meets West | 162
Painted Ladies
A Victorian trio | 164
Parrothead Pilgrimage
Bubba as a busker | 166
Piazza d'Italia
Bright slice of Italy | 168
Piety & Desire Chocolate
Chocolate lovers' crusade | 170
Podesta's Bunny-Men
Bunnies on watch | 172
Pontalba Buildings
Buildings born from a gunshot | 174
Prayer Window
Vision of sainthood | 176
Pulcinella!
A delicious intersection | 178
Rebirth Statue
No white flags | 180
Ricca's Architectural Sales
Salvaged delight | 182
Roosevelt Clock
Watching the history of time | 184
Rosalie Alley
Hidden vodou | 186
The St. Charles Streetcar
A ride to the movie set | 188
Saint Expedite
Better than FedEx | 190
Scrap House
A Hurricane Katrina memorial | 192
Seasons in the Square
Climate change | 194
The Singing Oak
Chime tree | 196
Skelly Tomb
A miniature medieval castle | 198
Sophia Loren Statue
Bronze Italian goddess | 200
Spirit House
Listening to the spirits | 202
St. Ann Shrine
A miracle in matrimony | 204
STELLLA!
Tennessee Williams' dwellings | 206
Storyland
Climb Jack's beanstalk | 208
Storyville Museum
An excursion into New Orleans' red-light district | 210
Studio Be
Radical imagination | 212
Train Garden
Right on track for a good time | 214
Trixie's Burlesque Boutique
A one-stop shop for sparkle | 216
Tulane Special Collections
The magic of Mardi Gras | 218
Twin Caryatids
Dual beauties | 220
The Unknown Enslaved
On holy ground | 222
The Voodoo Spiritual Temple
Awakenings | 224
Whitney Plantation
Where Gone with the Wind is gone | 226
Yvonne LaFleur
Elegance without pretense | 228
ZIP NOLA
The world's only swamp zipline | 230
