The most serious city in America about pleasure — music, food, and ritual raised to an art form. We walk you through the Quarter and the neighborhoods behind it; a few stories are ours.
5 experiences · 47 story stops · GPS audio · Downloadable narration
Choose from
5 tours
Stories on location
47 stops
Typical length
1h 30m
Best value
$14.99 city pack
Every neighborhood has a story worth hearing.
French Quarter
"Welcome to Bad Historian, where history is eighty percent true and the rest is completely made up. I'm your guide. Today we're walking through the most haunted city in America."
Garden District
"You're about to walk through the most expensive temper tantrum in American real estate history."
French Quarter
"In eighteen oh-three, the United States doubled in size because of a real estate transaction that happened in this building right here. Fifteen million dollars."
French Quarter
"There's a woman in this neighborhood who got shot four times in the chest by her father-in-law. Lost two fingers. Lived with the bullets lodged in her body for forty years."
Exploring more than one neighborhood?
The city pack is a one-time purchase with all 5 currently available New Orleans tours—47 narrated stops you can take on your own schedule.
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Preview the storytelling
Read a few of the places covered across New Orleans, then hear the complete stories on location in the app.
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A Civil War–era coffee stand that accidentally created Vietnamese-American coffee culture.
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Where jazz was born — the only legal drum circle in all of slave-era America.
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A revolving bar where American literature drank — and where Capote lied about being born.
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A statue built by a man who'd never seen one, honoring a battle fought after the war ended.
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Built by a woman with eight fingers, bullets in her chest, and a shotgun for the mayor.
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A pirate bar named after a pirate who was never here — and who saved the country.
Read the storyPut in your headphones, press play, and start walking. The app does the rest.
No account needed. Start whenever you're ready.
Choose a tour, hit play, and start walking.
Stories play at each stop. Pause, wander, and continue whenever you want.
Plan with confidence
Compare the subject, neighborhood, duration, route, and exact stops on each tour page. Individual tours show their one-time price before you open the app.
No. Start whenever it suits you, pause for food or a detour, and resume later. Check the opening hours of any venue you personally plan to enter.
Download the tour narration on Wi-Fi. Cached audio does not need to stream, though map tiles and other online features may still require a connection.
No. Your purchase covers the Bad Historian audio experience. Transportation, food, and admission to third-party attractions are separate.
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