NEW ORLEANS -- The tomb long thought to be the grave of legendary voodoo queen Marie Laveau is now surrounded by fencing, and gleaming like brand new, delighting repair project organizers from the ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, August 21, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The legacy of Marie Laveau, the renowned Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, continues to capture ...

Although 28 people managed to cram into a Mini Cooper a few years ago to set a new Guinness World Record, I bet even Guinness would be astonished at how many people New Orleans families manage to fit ...

NEW ORLEANS (WWL) -- Tourists are endlessly fascinated by New Orleans cemeteries, especially the tomb where voodoo priestess Marie Laveau is supposedly buried. "It's the first time we've been to New ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If you've heard about New Orleans' famous cemeteries with their above-ground tombs, chances are you've heard about the gravesite of the so-called voodoo queen. Her name was Marie ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans' oldest cemetery will soon be closed to visitors without an official escort or familial ties to the deceased, the result of a spate of vandalism that has included ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

Early Monday morning, on May 19, the house of New Orleans Voodoo queen Marie Laveau went up in flames. The fire had broken out in the kitchen, and firefighters arrived on the scene around 4 a.m. The ...

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 cemetery is a busy place on Halloween. People line up down the block and pull up by the bus load. There’s a familiar face that hops off one of those buses, even in costume.

Poor New Orleans. For all the misfortune that has befallen The Big Easy and the white sand Cajun coast, they can blame it on Mother Nature -- La Nina. They can blame the Republican president or the ...