Of all the city's attractions, New Orleans' cemeteries are a one-stop shop for learning about family traditions, history, Voodoo, jazz music and burial practices for above-ground tombs.
coaches and staff gathered at St. Louis Cathedral for the funeral of owner Tom Benson and then celebrated his life with a second line through the streets of New Orleans on Friday, March 23 ...
"When I walk through a cemetery and I'm reading these names and thinking about them, they live again, just for a moment, and that is special to me," tour guide Geoff Polson said.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) is the final resting place of some of New Orleans' more unique characters, including Bernard de Marigny – former ...