Watch jazz legend Ellis Marsalis tickle the keys
Make your dinner reservations for Friday night at Snug Harbor. This cozy restaurant and bar in the tucked-away neighborhood of the Marigny is the place to be Friday nights when when you might catch legendary jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis live.

Tour Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
Visit the warehouses where they construct the giant floats of Mardi Gras at Mardi Gras World, and watch the artists first hand.

Suck on a crawfish head
You can't say you've done New Orleans without mastering the art of eating crawfish. Order a pound of boiled crawfish at Acme Oyster then get down to business.

Buy some love potion at Marie Leaveau's House of Voodoo
The famous voodoo priestess Marie Leaveau is a notorious New Orleans character, and you can learn about her fascinating and tumultuous life story.

See an albino alligator
The Aquarium has a 350,000 gallon tank teeming with sharks, tarpin, sea turtles, and sawfish - and a rare albino alligator that you have to see with your own eyes.