New Orleans is best known for three things.

Cemeteries (low rise).

The above-ground vaults for which New Orleans is noted is as much a product of its European and Caribbean pedigree as it is of the topography. Because the city is entirely below sea level, the water tables are high, and frequent flooding, especially prior to the establishment of the protective levee system, made in-ground burials a supposedly dubious proposition. In truth they just couldn’t spare the high ground for dead people so the lower ground became the burial area. The tomb thing is French/ Spanish and very space friendly due to the “oven principle”.

Nicholas Cage will reside here. Eventually.

Low Rise New Orleans.

Garden Precinct (high rise).

The area was originally developed between 1832 and 1900 and is considered one of the best-preserved collections of historic southern mansions in the U.S.. The 19th-century origins of the Garden District illustrate wealthy newcomers building opulent structures based upon the prosperity of New Orleans in that era.

My new friend.

Nicholas Cage’s house before the Internal Revenue Department caught up with him.

Halloween at the Richie Rich House? Check!

Anne Rice’s front gate. So?

Sandra Bullock was out.