Designed by T. Sellers Meric and Benedict Cimini, this modest airport and event venue serves small-scale and military flights. This site previously served as New Orleans’s main airport until it was replaced by the much larger Louis Armstrong Airport in 1946, originally named the Moisant International Airport. It’s a beautiful example of Art Deco style.

Built in 1962, this Carnival-centered fountain in Lakeshore has art tributes that honor over 90 Mardi Gras Carnival krewes in New Orleans.

So far, four lighthouses have occupied this site. Built in 1838, this renovated lighthouse, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation rebuilt and elevated it in 2013. It currently serves as a museum and events venue.

This race course has an extensive history with the City of New Orleans and is one of the oldest race tracks in the United States. But it may be best known as the venue for New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Restored by the Louisiana Landmarks Society in the 1960s, this uncommon Bayou St. John country home was owned by many affluent residents in New Orleans, including the city’s first mayor, James Pitot. As a house museum operated by the Louisiana Landmarks Society, it holds many antiques from the mid-19th century. It’s also a popular site for weddings and elopements.

Built in 1939, this palatial house museum, a National Historic Landmark, sits on eight acres of landscaped grounds. However, the current house on the expansive lot isn’t the original. Built in 1924, the first home was moved and replaced with the current home in 1939.

St. Augustine Catholic Church is one of the oldest African American churches in the nation, J.N.B. De Pauilly, the same architect who redesigned the St. Louis Cathedral, designed this church in 1841. The church also holds the Tomb of the Unknown Slave, an tribute to enslaved people of African descent who died in New Orleans and were buried in unmarked graves.

Possibly one of the most spooky spots in the French Quarter, this circa-1722 Bourbon Street building ranks as the oldest structure operating as a bar in the United States. The worn brick walls and flickering gas lights lend it a timeworn feel that’s only partly undermined by the churning daiquiri machines.

Created by François Correjolles in 1826, this restored Greek Revival abode has been home to many affluent residents throughout New Orleans history. In fact, P.G.T. Beauregard rented it for a short period after the Civil War.

This home stands as one of the few French colonial structures that survived the test of time. Open for tours, it has its original main house, kitchen, and two-story dependency all intact.

Created to match the Cabildo in the late 18th century, this former Louisiana Supreme Court house now sits near the St. Louis Cathedral. It holds two permanent exhibitions on Louisiana history.

One of the oldest religious buildings in New Orleans, the original cathedral was built by French colonists in 1718, who added on to it for nearly 70 years until it was destroyed in a fire in 1788. The current structure, designed by J. N. B. de Pouilly, dates back to 1850.

Including 500 St. Peters Street, these apartments designed by Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba rank among the oldest apartment complexes in the United States and have a waiting list commensurate with their historic significance (basically, someone has to die for a vacancy to open up). They bound two sides of Jackson Square and are near the St. Louis Cathedral.

While New Orleans may not have a lot of boat homes, it does have steamboat-inspired homes. The Lower 9th Ward holds one of our favorite, which is this gothic-heavy home designed by riverboat captain Paul Doullout in 1905 in Holy Cross.

Named one of the most beautiful places to get married in New Orleans, this late 19th-century courthouse served as one of two of the courthouses in New Orleans that handled small claims, marriage licenses, and weddings in the early-19th century.

This impressive neoclassical building is known best for being a Mardi Gras royal ground during Carnival in New Orleans. In fact, on Mardi Gras Day, Rex and the Mayor of New Orleans hold a traditional toast at the steps of this historic landmark. Designed by architect James Gallier Sr. and erected in 1853, it served as City Hall until the city government relocated its offices to its Perdido Street building in the 1950s.

Right in the heart of the CBD sits this tribute to Italians immigrants in New Orleans. Created by Charles Moore and Perez Architects, the structure was dedicated to the city in 1978. While it has a track record of being forgotten by residents, the New Orleans Building Corporation renovated the site in 2004, and it will serve as a site for the 2019 LUNA (Light Up NOLA Arts) Fete—the city’s celebration of illuminated art and projection mapping installations.

This contemporary museum has interactive exhibits on the nationwide impact and military technology of the war. You’ll also find oral histories, a 4D “Beyond All Boundaries” feature, and an exceptional 1940s-era diner