Brock and Papa went on an adventure to New Orleans. We stayed at the Omni Royal Orleans in the French Quarter.

Our first stop was Cafe Du Monde at midnight.

Brock at Paul Morphy's tomb, early national chess champion, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.

Homer Plessy's tomb, of Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1897.

Pyramid tomb built by actor Nicolas Cage.

Honey Island Swamp Tour

Preservation Hall

St. Charles Streetcar in the Garden District.

Archie, Peyton, Eli Manning's house in Garden District

View from Muriels Restaurant of Saint Louis Cathedral. A table is reserved for the ghost of Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan.

Ghost tour guide talking about the Casquette Girls from Ursuline Convent. Founding matriarchs or vampires?

At the Lalaurie House, the most haunted house in New Orleans.

Jean Lafitte's blacksmith shop, now bar. Built around 1722 for the pirate. It is one of New Orlean's oldest structures.

Napolean House, built in 1791, was intended as a residence for Napoleon Bonaparte after his exile.

Waiting for our seafood bar in the stable entrance of the New Orleans Creole Cookery.

Jackson Square and Saint Louis Cathedral.

As we did each night, we ended with beignets and hot chocolate at Cafe Du Monde.