I had a free afternoon, so I decided to take a tour of the Hermann-Grima House. This house museum is located at 820 St. Louis Street. Less than a block from Bourbon Street, this stately […]

For this installment of Field Trip Fridays, I went back to the Historic New Orleans Collection to view a very special exhibit.   Back in May 2019, the Historic New Orleans Collection opened up a […]

Single and Double Shotgun (1830 – 1940) Shotguns are called shotguns because they were developed so that all the doors line up – “you can shoot a gun straight through the house and not hit […]

If the buildings of New Orleans make your heart go pitter patter and you want to keep that feeling around long after you have returned home, be sure to check out this list of some […]

Did you know President McKinley visited New Orleans in 1901?   He did, and here’s the story: In late April 1901 President McKinley embarked on a transcontinental trip of the United States, including a brief […]