Garden District, New Orleans

Worth seeing in and around Garden District, New Orleans

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Tulane University

   The Tulane University of Louisiana is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by a cohort of medical doctors, it became a comprehensive public university as the University of Louisiana in 1847.

   3.7 km · private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Caesars Superdome

   Caesars Superdome commonly known as the Superdome, is an indoor stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. It has served as the home venue of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League since its opening in 1975. Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975.

   2.6 km · domed stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Smoothie King Center

   Smoothie King Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located in the Central Business District, adjacent to the Caesars Superdome.

   2.4 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St. Louis Cathedral

   The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral and basilica in New Orleans, Louisiana.

   3.9 km · cathedral in New Orleans, USA · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Loyola University New Orleans

   Loyola University New Orleans is a private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912.

   3.6 km · private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jackson Square

   Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

   3.9 km · historic park in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Hancock Whitney Center

   Hancock Whitney Center, formerly One Shell Square, is a 51-story, 697-foot skyscraper designed in the International style by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, located at 701 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the tallest building in both the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana, and is taller than Louisiana's tallest peak, Driskill Mountain.

   2.8 km · skyscraper in New Orleans, Louisiana · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Saint Louis Cemetery

   Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

   3.8 km · cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, consisting of three discontiguous parcels · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Cabildo

   The Cabildo, originally called "Casa Capitular", is a historical building in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally the seat of Spanish colonial city hall, the building now forms part of the Louisiana State Museum.

   3.8 km · historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana · Wikipedia
10. 10
    National World War II Museum

    The National WWII Museum is a military history museum in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street. The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II. It was founded in 2000 as the National D-Day Museum and was later designated by the U.S. Congress as America's official National WWII Museum in 2003.

    2.2 km · military history museum and non-profit organization in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia

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Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 19 km · Pensacola (PNS), 285 km

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  281 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · $26–36
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  509 km · quickest by air, 5h · $200–290
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  7299 km · quickest by air, 16h 28m · £940–1,450
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