Self-guided audio experiences that are actually entertaining. Great stories, real places, and a game at the end to see if you were paying attention.
Start FreeThe interesting stuff — scandals, secrets, surprises. Not boring facts.
Go when you want. Stop for coffee. No group to keep up with.
Some facts are made up. At the end, guess which ones.
Curious? Just ask. We'll answer.
Each tour covers different ground and tells different stories. Pick the one that sounds most interesting — or do them all.
French Quarter
A pharmacist accidentally invented the cocktail. A Creole aristocrat introduced craps and named a street after it. A bartender required twelve minutes of shaking and closed at eight because he hated drunks. Walk from the Roosevelt Hotel to Frenchmen Street and discover how New Orleans invented the good time.
Nightlife Tour
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French Quarter
Above-ground tombs, voodoo rituals, and the hairdresser who ran the city's underground — the REAL history behind the ghost tour hokum. Walk from a cemetery where 100,000 bodies share one city block through the birthplace of jazz, past a cathedral that will not stop burning down, and into the most infamous house in New Orleans.
Ghost Tour
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French Quarter
How a pirate, a general, and a fifteen million dollar receipt changed the shape of America — all in one swamp. Walk through the French Quarter (which is actually Spanish) and discover the Louisiana Purchase, the battle fought after the war ended, the plot to rescue Napoleon, and why Mardi Gras colors may come from a Russian coat of arms.
History Tour
See this experienceEvery tour covers different landmarks. Here's what you'll learn about on each one.
8 stories • 1h 30m
A Civil War–era coffee stand that accidentally created Vietnamese-American coffee culture.
Where a mayor planned to stash an emperor rescued by a pirate with a yacht.
You've just crossed Esplanade Avenue into the Faubourg Marigny.
That building on the corner of Bourbon and Saint Philip — the one that looks like it's been slowly returning to the earth? That's Lafitte's Blacksmith
You're on Royal Street near the four hundred block.
See that building taking up half the block on Royal Street? That's the Hotel Monteleone.
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7 stories • 1h 30m
Where jazz was born — the only legal drum circle in all of slave-era America.
A pirate bar named after a pirate who was never here — and who saved the country.
The Voodoo Queen's tomb — where the X marks are completely made up.
Three churches on one spot — the first two burned down because nobody rang the bells.
Over 100,000 bodies in one city block — and Nicolas Cage's mystery pyramid.
The most popular socialite in New Orleans had a torture chamber in her attic.
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7 stories • 1h 30m
A statue built by a man who'd never seen one, honoring a battle fought after the war ended.
A pirate bar named after a pirate who was never here — and who saved the country.
Where a mayor planned to stash an emperor rescued by a pirate with a yacht.
Three churches on one spot — the first two burned down because nobody rang the bells.
Where America doubled in size for three cents an acre.
Where two cultures disliked each other so much the grass needed a diplomatic designation.
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8 stories • 1h 30m
A Civil War–era coffee stand that accidentally created Vietnamese-American coffee culture.
A revolving bar where American literature drank — and where Capote lied about being born.
Built by a woman with eight fingers, bullets in her chest, and a shotgun for the mayor.
A Wharton grad on his honeymoon followed some musicians and accidentally saved jazz.
Where a shoemaker from Treme challenged segregation sixty-three years before Rosa Parks.
The most popular socialite in New Orleans had a torture chamber in her attic.
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