The city of New Orleans has a vast history, full of ups and downs – but all shaped by its’ location on the water and the flags that have flown over it.

Whether French, Spanish, African, Irish, Italian, Native American or other… the people who have called New Orleans home have left their footprint on the architecture, cuisine, music scene, religion, finances, politics and more. New Orleans is unlike any other American city, for better and for worse.

Here we’ll take a look at topics that make New Orleans the city that it is – the history that created this gumbo pot and the ghosts that haunt it.