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Wrought iron cathedrals
Spanish-era balconies wrapped in ferns and forged scrollwork — every corner of the Vieux Carré is its own open-air museum.
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Brass on every corner
From the Tremé second lines to a sax solo on Frenchmen Street — the city plays itself, all hours, every day of the week.
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River Road histories
The antebellum estates along the Mississippi tell the full, complicated story — sugar, slavery, survival, and the families who lived it.