Self-guided audio tours that are actually entertaining. Great stories, real places, and a game at the end to see if you were paying attention.
Start the tour free in the appThe interesting stuff — scandals, secrets, surprises. Not boring facts.
Go when you want. Stop for coffee. No group to keep up with.
Some facts are made up. At the end, guess which ones.
Curious? Just ask. We'll answer.
Each tour covers different ground and tells different stories. Pick the one that sounds most interesting — or do them all.
Above-ground tombs, voodoo rituals, and the hairdresser who ran the city's underground — the REAL history behind the ghost tour hokum. Walk from a cemetery where 100,000 bodies share one city block through the birthplace of jazz, past a cathedral that will not stop burning down, and into the most infamous house in New Orleans.
Start this tour
How a pirate, a general, and a fifteen million dollar receipt changed the shape of America — all in one swamp. Walk through the French Quarter (which is actually Spanish) and discover the Louisiana Purchase, the battle fought after the war ended, the plot to rescue Napoleon, and why Mardi Gras colors may come from a Russian coat of arms.
Start this tour
Beignets, Baronesses & Eight Blocks of Trouble. A woman got shot four times by her father-in-law and built the most famous apartments in the South with eight fingers. A shoemaker challenged segregation sixty-three years before Rosa Parks. A cook chained to a stove set a fire so someone would finally look upstairs. Eight stops through the French Quarter — eighty percent true, twenty percent invented.
Start this tourEvery tour covers different landmarks. Here's what you'll learn about on each one.
7 stories • 1h 30m
Where jazz was born — the only legal drum circle in all of slave-era America.
A pirate bar named after a pirate who was never here — and who saved the country.
The Voodoo Queen's tomb — where the X marks are completely made up.
Three churches on one spot — the first two burned down because nobody rang the bells.
Over 100,000 bodies in one city block — and Nicolas Cage's mystery pyramid.
The most popular socialite in New Orleans had a torture chamber in her attic.
+ 1 more stories on this tour
7 stories • 1h 30m
A statue built by a man who'd never seen one, honoring a battle fought after the war ended.
A pirate bar named after a pirate who was never here — and who saved the country.
Where a mayor planned to stash an emperor rescued by a pirate with a yacht.
Three churches on one spot — the first two burned down because nobody rang the bells.
Where America doubled in size for three cents an acre.
Where two cultures disliked each other so much the grass needed a diplomatic designation.
+ 1 more stories on this tour
8 stories • 1h 30m
A Civil War–era coffee stand that accidentally created Vietnamese-American coffee culture.
A revolving bar where American literature drank — and where Capote lied about being born.
Built by a woman with eight fingers, bullets in her chest, and a shotgun for the mayor.
A Wharton grad on his honeymoon followed some musicians and accidentally saved jazz.
Where a shoemaker from Treme challenged segregation sixty-three years before Rosa Parks.
The most popular socialite in New Orleans had a torture chamber in her attic.
+ 2 more stories on this tour
No account required to try your first tour. Just download, pick a tour, and go.