Books:
- New Orleans Houses: A House-Watcher’s Guide by Lloyd Vogt
- Historic Buildings of the French Quarter by Lloyd Vogt
- Lost New Orleans by Mary Cable
- The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette
- Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans by Joan Garvey and Mary Lou Widmer
- The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell
- Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness de Pontalba by Christina Vella
- A Guide to Architecture of New Orleans by Samuel Wilson, Jr.
- The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
- New Orleans Architecture series by Friends of the Cabildo
- Henry Howard: Louisiana’s Architect by Robert S. Brantley and Jan White Brantley
- The Irish in New Orleans by Laura D. Kelley
- The Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World by Emily Clark
- Bienville’s Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans by Richard Campanella
- Bourbon Street By Richard Campanella
- New Orleans Then and Now by Richard Campanella and Marina Campanella
- Geographies of New Orleans: Urban Fabrics Before the Storm by Richard Campanella
- Southern Comfort: The Garden District of New Orleans by S. Frederick Starr
- Building the Devil’s Empire by Shannon Lee Dawdy
- New Orleans: Its Old Houses, Shops and Public Buildings by Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis
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Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans by James Gill
- The Great Days of the Garden District and the Old City of Lafayette by Martha Samuel
- French Quarter Manual by by Malcolm Heard and Scott Bernhard
- A well-researched, fascinating collection of articles, studies, and editorials by Tulane’s Geographer Richard Campanella can be found at his website.
Novels set in New Orleans
- The Blue Garou, Can’t Stop The Funk, and Ghosts and Shadows by H. Max Hiller
- The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
- Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Blogs/Websites
New Orleans Architecture/History
- noaf.org
- aianeworleans.org
- prcno.org
- southeasternarchitecture.blogspot.com
- topics.nola.com/tag/cityscapes
- architecture.tulane.edu/preservation-project
- friendsofthecabildo.org
- louisianalandmarks.org
- nola.curbed.com
- theartofdigging.com
Places to visit
- Historic New Orleans Collection
- Irish Cultural Museum
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
- Madame John’s Legacy
- Cabildo
- Presbytère
- Ursuline Convent
- World War II Museum
- Gallier House
- 1850 House
- Beauregard Keyes House
Places to Stay
New Orleans Culture/News
Travel
Podcasts
