Table of contents

Foreword

1_813 Royal Street | New Orleans
The house that saved NOLA

2_Abita Mystery House | New Orleans
Scratching the itch for kitsch

3_Aidan Gill for Men | New Orleans
An unapologetically male barbershop

4_Algiers Point | New Orleans
Over da river

5_Angelo Brocato | New Orleans
Leave the diet, take the cannoli

6_Antenna Gallery | New Orleans
A moveable feast of art

7_The Art of Dooky Chase | New Orleans
These walls can talk

8_Audubon Park Labyrinth | New Orleans
Walking a sacred path

9_Bacchanal | New Orleans
Just like it sounds (plus tiki torches)

10_The Batture | New Orleans
Waterfront (sometimes water-infused) property

11_The Bead Tree | New Orleans
Beads for needs

12_Bottom of the Cup | New Orleans
Top-of-the-heap psychic readings

13_Bourbon Orleans Hotel | New Orleans
Dancing with the dead

14_Boutique du Vampyre | New Orleans
One-stop shopping for all your vampire needs

15_Casa Borrega | New Orleans
A feast for the senses

16_Chainsaw Tree | New Orleans
An old oak’s rebirth

17_Checkpoint Charlie’s | New Orleans
Come for the band, leave with clean socks

18_City Park’s Live Oaks | New Orleans
A family of trees

19_Claiborne Corridor | New Orleans
Historic past with a possible future

20_The Cornstalk Hotel | New Orleans
A hotel with apparitional amenities

21_Crescent Park | New Orleans
Reinventing the waterfront

22_DBC | New Orleans
Drive-thru daiquiris

23_Dew Drop Jazz Hall | New Orleans
Worshipping in the house of jazz

24_Dive Bar Alley | New Orleans
The zone for twilight festivities

25_Dr. Bob Folk Art | New Orleans
Welcoming signs inviting you to get out

26_Eiffel Society | New Orleans
A piece of Paris in America’s most Parisian city

27_Elizabeth’s Restaurant | New Orleans
Where bacon is more than a side

28_Escape My Room | New Orleans
Group interaction to escape clustered internment

29_EvacuSpots | New Orleans
Getting the hell out of Dodge

30_F & F Botanica Spiritual Supply | New Orleans
Ritual-aid charmacy

31_Fats Domino’s House | New Orleans
Walking (or driving) to the Ninth Ward

32_Faulkner House Books | New Orleans
The best bookstore that won’t have any best sellers

33_Fifi Mahony’s | New Orleans
Wig paradise

34_Frenchmen Art Market | New Orleans
A slip of art in a sea of music

35_Freret Street Boxing Gym | New Orleans
Fashionable fisticuffs

36_Gator Run | New Orleans
Keeping it cool at the zoo

37_The Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum | New Orleans
Oysters Rockefeller with a side of sequins

38_Greg’s Antiques | New Orleans
A different kind of sticker shock

39_Hansen’s Sno-Bliz | New Orleans
New Orleans’ way to beat the heat

40_Hare Krishna Temple | New Orleans
Culinary consciousness

41_The Healing Center | New Orleans
The mall for people who hate malls

42_Holt Cemetery | New Orleans
The unknown grave for the well-known Father of Jazz

43_Hong Kong Food Market | New Orleans
A ridiculous name for a remarkable emporium

44_House of Broel | New Orleans
Dresses, dollhouses, and frog legs

45_House of Dance & Feathers | New Orleans
Street cred in a shed

46_Ignatius J. Reilly Statue | New Orleans
Watching for signs of bad taste

47_James H. Cohen & Sons | New Orleans
Buying a piece of history

48_Jazz Brunch at Atchafalaya | New Orleans
DIY Bloody Marys

49_The Jazz Collection | New Orleans
A brass menagerie

50_Josie Arlington’s Tomb | New Orleans
The lady burnishes

51_Kayaking on the Bayou | New Orleans
Commuting with nature

52_Kermit’s Mother-in-Law Lounge | New Orleans
Bar of the “Emperor of the Universe”

53_Killer Poboys | New Orleans
The richest po’boys

54_Lafcadio Hearn’s House | New Orleans
The inventor of New Orleans slept here

55_Lakefront Airport | New Orleans
An Art Deco museum masquerading as an airport

56_The LaLaurie Mansion | New Orleans
The house of unspeakable horrors

57_Langlois Culinary Crossroads | New Orleans
If you can’t stand the humidity, get into the kitchen

58_Le Musée de f.p.c. | New Orleans
The untold history of free people of color

59_Le Pavillon Hotel | New Orleans
Come for the ghosts, stay for the PB&J

60_Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré | New Orleans
The little theater with the longest run

61_Little Gem Saloon | New Orleans
A “new” jazz club with a 100-year history

62_Louis Armstrong Park | New Orleans
300 years of rhythm

63_Magnolia Bridge | New Orleans
A bridge over befuddled waters

64_Magnolia Lane Plantation | New Orleans
Steeped in history and hauntings

65_Marigny Opera House | New Orleans
Ballet slippers and Beyoncé’s sister

66_Meyer the Hatter | New Orleans
Where “old hat” is a compliment

67_Milton Latter Library | New Orleans
A luxury library for leisurely learning

68_Miss Claudia’s | New Orleans
Stylish home of “ain’t there no mo’”

69_Modern Gargoyles | New Orleans
Things are looking up

70_Musée Conti Wax Museum | New Orleans
Wax on, wax off, wax hanging on by a thread

71_Museum of Death | New Orleans
Morbid menagerie

72_Musicians’ Village | New Orleans
Restoring the groove

73_New Canal Lighthouse | New Orleans
Illuminating exhibits

74_The New Movement Theater | New Orleans
Hoping to have the last laugh

75_New Orleans Street Gallery | New Orleans
Art for fresh start’s sake

76_NOLA Brewery | New Orleans
Homegrown hops with some funk

77_Norma Wallace House | New Orleans
The best little whorehouse with class

78_One Eyed Jacks | New Orleans
A club with a twist (and some turns)

79_Our Mother of Perpetual Help | New Orleans
Home to priests, a vampire novelist, and a ghost rider

80_Pagoda Café | New Orleans
Coffee and a bike tune-up

81_Piazza d’Italia | New Orleans
Mister Moore’s neighborhood

82_Pontalba Buildings | New Orleans
Apartments fit for a baroness

83_The Prayer Room at St. Louis Cathedral | New Orleans
Who dat say Henriette can’t be no saint?

84_Prytania Theatre | New Orleans
Where the owner is as entertaining as the films

85_The Rebirth Statue | New Orleans
The game changer for an entire city

86_Ricca’s Architectural Sales | New Orleans
Salvaging the history of New Orleans

87_Riverfront Monuments | New Orleans
Honoring old men, nude men, and men we’d like to forget

88_Roman Candy Cart | New Orleans
Strolling sweets

89_The Roosevelt Hotel | New Orleans
A luxury hotel with a legendary history

90_Rosalie Alley | New Orleans
Walk softly and carry a big Zulian stick

91_Royal Street Musicians | New Orleans
Street crescendo

92_Sacred Grinds | New Orleans
Graves and green tea

93_Sam the Banana Man’s House | New Orleans
Home of presidents and presidential overthrows

94_The School of Burlesque | New Orleans
Pay attention to draw attention

95_Southern Food and Beverage Museum | New Orleans
Where to explore cuisine of consequence

96_Spanish Stables | New Orleans
The truth is out there … on a plaque

97_St. Expedite | New Orleans
When you need a miracle—STAT

98_St. Roch Grotto | New Orleans
A chapel with heart … and feet, and brains

99_St. Roch Market | New Orleans
A food court for foodies

100_Steamboat Houses | New Orleans
One man’s home is his cruise ship

101_Street Tiles |
History at your feet

102_Studio Inferno | New Orleans
High art across the tracks

103_The Tattoo Museum | New Orleans
A permanent display for permanent ink

104_Tomb of the Unknown Slave | New Orleans
A touchingly undistinguished monument

105_The Umbrella Girl | New Orleans
Existential graffiti

106_Ursuline Convent | New Orleans
Storied ground for the sacred and profane

107_Villalobos Rescue Center | New Orleans
Dogs with a cause

108_Whitney Plantation | New Orleans
America’s first slave museum

109_Yvonne LaFleur | New Orleans
Elegance without pretense

110_Zephyr Field | New Orleans
Field of dreams—and a pool

111_Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club | New Orleans
Cuckoo for coconuts

Gallery

Maps