New Orleans - Don't Miss
Museums don't immediately come to mind when you think of New Orleans, but the city does have some cultural treasures.
A dazzling array of Mardi Gras masks, costumes, videos and interactive exhibits are at The Presbytère. See Impressionists at New Orleans Museum of Art, which sits in the middle of City Park. Learn all about D-Day at The National World War II Museum. Ponder the 'Martians at Mardi Gras' dioramas at the quirky UCM Museum on the Northshore in Abita Springs.
New Orleans claims to have invented the word 'cocktail' – said to be a mispronunciation of Antoine Amédée Peychaud's "coquetier" mix of bitters with cognac in an eggcup. Perhaps the predilection for bourbon-based mint juleps and rum-packed hurricanes explains the stories of the other kind of spirits that haunt the French Quarter.
