The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing ... Race Course's second life -- as a cemetery. THEN: Founded in 1838, Metairie Race Course -- established on ...

The cemetery’s most famous vault belongs to prominent voodoo queen Marie Laveau. Other notable New Orleans residents from ... which operated in the city from 1838 to 1861 and 1879 to 1909.

Next Sunday, March 31, one of the city’s most historical burial places, Metairie Cemetery, will come alive ... William C.C. Claiborne; eight New Orleans mayors, including deLesseps “Chep ...

However, some cemeteries, such as St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, require you to join a guided tour to visit. These tours differ from New Orleans' ghost tours, which tell spooky stories of NOLA's ...

NEW ORLEANS — Hauntingly beautiful and often misunderstood, New Orleans’ historic cemeteries have mesmerized generations of people. Even with all the stories, art, and legends that have come ...

Polson has been offering these unique tours with New Orleans Ghost Adventures for five years. He walked us through the Odd Fellows Rest, a cemetery consecrated in 1849. The cemetery is full of ...