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Explore New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, is hosting the Super Bowl in 2025. The city is the birthplace of jazz, celebrates Mardi Gras like no other, and has Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. Read on to know more! *List created by SheriAnn at our Midwest Genealogy Center*

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  • This travel guide covers all that New Orleans has to offer. From a fusion of African, Caribbean and European influences, this guide will show you the sights and sounds of the Crescent City.
    Book, 2024London, UK : Dorling Kindersley Limited, [2024] — 917.6335 D648 2024
  • For the fiction lover. A New Orleans series by bestselling author Karen Rose follows Phineas Bishop, a security guard, as he uncovers the staggering truth about a recent break in at his job, the librarian who helps him, and the clues they uncover in…
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley, [2024] — F ROSE
  • Want a visual experience? This DVD explores the history, music, and culture of this vibrant city.
    DVD, 2007[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2007] — 976.335 N42A
  • City Eats New Orleans

    50+ Recipes From the Best of the Big Easy

    D'Addono, Beth, 1959-
    This cookbook for the foodie celebrates the multicultural influences and traditions of New Orleans's cuisine. Over fifty recipes by top chefs and profiles of the restaurants they create their signature dishes in. This book offers a detailed culinary…
    Book, 2024Nashville, Tennessee : Cider Mill Press Book Publishers, [2024] — 641.5976 D123
  • This kids book follows Alfie and Emilia on a magical journey to New Orleans where they help the members of a jazz band while looking for a lost cookbook. Author Giada De Laurentiis has written several cookbooks, appeared on the Food Network, and has…
    Book, 2014New York, New York, USA : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014] — JF
  • For the TV viewer, this NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) drama takes place in New Orleans and stars Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride, former New Orleans deputy, now member of an elite NCIS team investigating crimes of national security. View…
    DVD, 2015[Los Angeles, CA] : Paramount : CBS DVD, [2015] — TV SERIES 791.45 NCIS, NEW ORLEANS
  • Author Robert V. Remini, National Book Award winner, delves into the climactic battle of the War of 1812. Andrew Jackson (U.S. seventh president) leads his soldiers against 8,000 invading British regulars. The victory establishes America's…
    Unknown, 2001New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2001. — 972.5239 R284C
  • An incinerated corpse, a jaded detective, and visions of murder all combine in this exciting novel taking place in New Orleans. Romance writer Lisa Jackson takes us on a harrowing adventure with Olivia Benchet who sees a brutal vision of murder.…
    Book, 2002New York : Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp., 2002. — F JACKSON
  • The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case

    Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era

    Ross, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
    For the true crime enthusiast, this book by Michael A. Ross, Associate Professor of History at University of Maryland, covers the kidnapping of seventeen-month old Mollie Digby during the height of 1870 reconstruction in the South.
    Book, 2015Oxford [England] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015] — 364.154 R733
  • If you love jazz, this DVD covers the New Orleans Jazz: National Historical Park located in the heart of the French Quarter. Learn about the cultural history of people and places that shaped Jazz, including Acadian culture, Cajun and Zydeco music.
    DVD, 2012Issaquah, Wash. : Bennett Watt HD Productions, [2012] — 917.63 N42