The research comes nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

And well, what to say about the cemetery in the north of the city, respecting how the above-ground graves resemble those in the real New Orleans, this due to the water table of the swampy ...

Rockett said Everett was a pillar in Chalmette during his time. His story is one of thousands preserved at Chalmette National Cemetery. “So, 16,000 people {are} represented by about 15,300 ...

Transforming one of the last, relatively undeveloped sections of urban acreage in New Orleans into a modern neighborhood that can rival the city’s historic French Quarter or Garden District ...

Some of New Orleans oldest date back to the 1700's. The above ground tombs and walls of vaults are thanks to a mix of Spanish influence and historical water table issues.

Florence, who has been researching New Orleans' cities of the dead for decades, walked carefully through the rows of graves in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, musing about their often misunderstood history.

Amazing new drone video from a historical cemetery in the Lower Garden District shows snow continuing to fall, covering the New Orleans area. The drone video is from AEROMEDIA CORP and shows snow ...

In New Orleans, a city shaped like a soup bowl and situated between one and 20 feet below sea level, the presence of the dead — and the ghosts that linger — is part of the everyday atmosphere.