Whether it was the low typography or another influence that made early New Orleanians switch to aboveground tombs is still up for debate. Here's what historians say.

"When I walk through a cemetery and I'm reading these names and thinking about them, they live again, just for a moment, and that is special to me," tour guide Geoff Polson said.

Metairie Cemetery is a massive garden of stone and solitude where Anne Rice, Louis Prima, Tom Benson and 9,000 others sleep ...

However, some cemeteries, such as St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, require you to join a guided tour to visit. These tours differ from New Orleans' ghost tours, which tell spooky stories of NOLA's ...

There is no physical evidence whatsoever of the third Stoner Hill burial ground, located in the section of that neighborhood ...

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) is the final resting place of some of New Orleans' more unique characters, including Bernard de Marigny – former ...