New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans

Saint Augustine Church

This famous church founded at the start of the nineteenth century by 'free people of color' is famous in local African-American history

Backstreet Museum

Costumes of 'Mardi Gras Indians' and other artifacts of Tremé culture

Louis Armstrong Park

Includes historic Congo Square, and statues of early jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and Buddy Bolden

Tremé

Dive into the heart of African-American and Creole culture with a tour of the vibrant neighborhood of Treme

Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts

This is one of the largest performance venues in the city, and is frequently used by the Louisiana Symphony Orchestra and for large scale dance performances and musicals

Municipal Auditorium

Old neoclassical stone auditorium from c

Basin Street Station

The old Southern Railway train station has been remodeled; the ground floor has a visitors information center with gift shop, informative film and local museum exhibits free of charge

Hermann-Grima House

1830s mansion

Bourbon Street

Named after the French royal House of Bourbon, the Bourbon Street is New Orleans' party street, lined with numerous pulsating bars, electric dance clubs, live music venues, and street performers

Musee Conti Wax Museum

Experience more than 300 years of history, legend and scandal with the 154 life-size figures displayed in historically accurate settings

New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans