The National WWII Museum 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 GRADING – B Museum Exhibits and Store Hours: Admission prices: (sales tax not included) If you purchase the movie and/or submarine experience, you will need to select a showtime while at the ticket counter. Parking is available across the street from the museum, in a garage at 1024 Magazine Street. Most visits last between 3-7 hours, which will cost you $10 in parking. ($8 for 1-3 hours, $5 for 0-1 hour) Click here for more parking information. The National World War…
A Visit to St. Louis Cemetery #3 3421 Esplanade Ave.New Orleans, LA 70112 Hours: Monday thru Saturday: 8am – 4:30pm; Sunday: 8am – 4pmFree street parking New Orleans has many nicknames: Crescent City; the Big Easy; and America’s Most Interesting City. Perhaps so interesting that their cemeteries even have a nickname: Cities of the Dead. As most people know, cemeteries in New Orleans are built above ground, using vaults, walls, and mausoleums, because of the city’s tendency to flood. Centuries ago, residents learned the hard way that in-ground burial…
Cajun Encounters Tour Company Swamp Tour Located at 55345 on US-90 in Slidell, LA GRADINGOverall Score: ACost: B (Without hotel pickup, adults: $29, kids 12 and under: $19)Fun Potential: BRecommended?: Yes Touring Information: You can catch a tour by Cajun Encounters by driving your own car to their location or having Cajun Encounters pick you up. On their website, there is an option to be picked up at your hotel or at a central place in the French Quarter (941 Decatur Street). The company offers a list of hotels that they pick…
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden – New Orleans Museum of Art One Collins C. Diboll Circle, City ParkNew Orleans, Louisiana GRADING: A Touring Information:Admission Fee: FREEMonday – Friday: 10am – 6pmSaturday – Sunday: 10am – 5pmOpen 7 days a week (closed on holidays) Outside the New Orleans Museum of Art, you can find the 5 acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in a beautiful wooded setting. Located within City Park, this garden of art also contains a lagoon, sitting areas, a garden of irises, and moss-covered oak trees. Created in 2003, the…
