See a 10-foot Russian Palace in an Antebellum Mansion The House of Broel’s Dollhouse Museum House of Broelīuilt in 1850, the House of Broel is many things. One of the highlights is a collection of films of Jazz Funerals. This small but lively museum in the city’s Tremé district tells the story of New Orleans’s African-American population, especially its involvement in Mardi Gras. Watch Films of Jazz Funerals in an Unusual Museum A Jazz Funeral in New Orleans Backstreet Cultural Museum A table is laid for him every night, and if you ask you might be able to dine there, or at least in the same room. A former owner lost the house in a poker game, and rather than leave he committed suicide on the second floor.
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Ghosts abound in New Orleans but this is a more convincing story than most. Dine with a Ghost in the French Quarter Muriel’s Seance Lounge Muriel’s Jackson Squareįrom the outside Muriel’s Jackson Square looks like any other French Quarter building, with its wrought-iron balconies, but inside is another matter. It may never have actually been a blacksmith shop, but it was built in the 1720s and miraculously survives, though some of the structure is modern and designed to look old, so all is not what it seems. It’s easy to miss this little Creole cottage, which is the only one still surviving in the French Quarter. Not all bars on Bourbon Street are the same.
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Have a Drink in an 18th-century Creole Cottage It’s impossible not to have fun in New Orleans, one of our favorite US cities, but this list of fun things to do includes some lesser-known and quirky attractions, including a couple outside the city but close by.