Saint Louis Number 1 Cemetery, New Orleans


The wife and I took a much-needed vacation at the end of September and traveled down to New Orleans, Louisiana. What a city! We went non-stop from the time we got there until the time we left. We even came back with some voodoo dolls, so you better stay on my good side!

One of the highlights was a guided tour of Saint Louis Number 1, the city's oldest and most famous cemetery, opened in 1789. It's famous for housing the crypt of New Orleans' voodoo queen, Marie Laveau. Also, it's the cemetery where scenes in Easy Rider were filmed (illegally) in 1969. It spans just one square block, but is the resting place of over 100,000 dead.

Here are some shots that I took while roaming through the rows and rows of crypts. Hopefully they'll inspire some of you with some prop ideas or just give you the chills. Enjoy!

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4 more days until Halloween. The current forecast:
50 degrees and partly cloudy, with a 20% chance of rain

1 comments:

Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...

That is a beatuiful cemetery. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us.

Cheers!

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