Garden District: Mansions, Money & Mayhem Walking Tour

Discover places where literature, television and film collided with real Garden District history, sometimes in surprising ways. This includes American Horror Stories and more(10 min)

From outside a historic cemetery, discover how New Orleans remembers its dead and what burial traditions reveal about the community that surrounded it.(10 min)

Home to the wealthy and our major Mardi Gras Parades, this is where opulence and history meet in New Orleans. You will see the famous home of Anne Rice, where the Mayfair Witches resided in novels. You will see where Mark Twain attended parties and where films and tv shows you love were filmed. You will pass by and learn about the celebrity owned homes as well. Sandra Bullock, Nic Cage, John Goodman, Trent Reznor and NBA star Zion Williamson just to name a few.(10 min)

Begin at a neighborhood landmark and uncover the surprising story of the land beneath today's Garden District.(10 min)

Discover how transportation, geography and commerce helped make this remarkable neighborhood possible.(10 min)

Enter streets lined with extraordinary homes while learning how architecture became a public declaration of money, taste and social standing.(10 min)

Some of the Garden District's most beloved stories are not quite what they seem. Discover what hides behind the legends.(10 min)

Elegant architecture gives way to stories of betrayal, scandal, questionable decisions and events that generations have continued talking about.(10 min)

Explore the Garden District's continuing relationship with writers, performers, athletes and other familiar names without knowing in advance whose doors you are approaching.(10 min)

See how wealth, marriage and family relationships were written directly into the neighborhood's streetscape.(10 min)

Return toward The Rink while discovering how preservation, changing fortunes and new generations allowed an old neighborhood to remain very much alive(10 min)