Some examples of historic sites in the vicinity of New Orleans are listed below.  This is not a comprehensive list.

New Orleans and Vicinity

Confederate Civil War Museum      Photos

Historic New Orleans Collection

Jackson Barracks Military Museum

Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve

        Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery

        French Quarter Visitor Center

Louisiana State Museum

        Cabildo      Photos

        Presbytere      Photos

        The 1850 House      Photos

        Madame John's Legacy    Photos

Old Ursuline Convent

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

Pitot House Museum

Pontalba Buildings

St. Louis Cathedral

River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge

Destrehan Plantation      Photos

Houmas House

Laura Plantation      Photos

Nottoway Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

Ormond Plantation

Plaquemine Lock State Historic Park

River Road African American Museum      Photos

San Francisco Plantation

Judge Felix Poche Plantation 

Baton Rouge area

Port Hudson State Historic Site

The Louisiana Naval War Memorial & USS KIDD

Rural Life Museum

Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History 

Old Arsenal Powder Magazine 

Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge.  Includes large Mississippi River exhibit

Pentagon Barracks 

Magnolia Mound Plantation 

St Francisville

Butler Greenwood Plantation

Cottage Plantation

Myrtles Plantation

Oakley Plantation  Audubon State Historic Site 

Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site