What To See & Do in New Orleans

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What To See & Do in New Orleans

🎷 NOLA's gems: jazz, ghost tales, swamps & culinary wonders. Your Crescent City compass! 🌙

09/06/2026

Quick quiz. Alligator or crocodile?

In the , you’re looking for an American alligator 🐊 with a broad, rounded snout. Your guide will show you what else to watch for.

The covered runs 90 minutes and welcomes kids ages 5 and up. Want to test your 👀 spotting skills? Visit on tour today.

09/03/2026

Some of the quietest fifteen minutes in the city are the ones you don't book anywhere.

City Park is free, huge, and mostly empty on a weekday morning if you know where to walk. 🌿

Bring a coffee and slow down for a bit.

09/01/2026

isn't just a February stop.

The float den runs tours year round, and the carousel bar inside is reason enough to go in September. 🎭

Every float from the last several parades lives in this warehouse when Carnival isn't in season, sequins and all.

Walk through it at your own pace, no beads required.

08/28/2026

The big airboat is built for the whole crew and then some.

An hour and 45 minutes skimming the Louisiana wetlands at speed, flat water, big fan looking for friends both scaly and feathered. 🐊

Book for ages 5 and up, and there's a hotel pickup available on request.

08/26/2026

The Haunted Pub Crawl winds through the French Quarter after dark, with stops at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, the Omni Royal, and real haunted courtyards with ghost stories included.

It's two hours, 21 and up, and you can bring your drink with you. 🍺

08/24/2026

A po-boy education, sorted by neighborhood.

🥖 Mid-City: Parkway Bakery, where the roast beef gravy has a fan club.
🥖 Uptown: Domilise's, a corner spot that has barely changed in decades and hopefully never will.
🥖 French Quarter: Killer PoBoys in the back of Erin Rose, doing untraditional fillings that somehow work.

Drop your favorite below.

08/21/2026

New Orleans after dark is a different beast. 🌙

Come down and see what it's all about.

08/19/2026

If you're in New Orleans this August, count yourself lucky, it's Museum Month.

An annual membership at any participating New Orleans museum gets you and a guest free admission to every other participating museum in the city: art, history, jazz, Mardi Gras Indians, even the Sazerac House and JAMNOLA are in it. 🏛️

It's the cheapest cultured month of the year.

08/17/2026

Everyone gets on the swamp boat for the alligators.

But the swamp keeps a longer cast list: great blue herons stalking the shallows, raccoons on the banks, cypress knees breaking the waterline, and Spanish moss overhead.

Come down and see them for yourself. 🦝

08/15/2026

Halfway through the month is a good time for a reminder: COOLinary prix fixe menus run through August 31.

Two course lunches and three course dinners at the restaurants you've been meaning to try all year.

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