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Old Ursuline ConventPhoto: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stop 7 of 8 · Haunted French Quarter Walking Tour

The Attic, the Chests, and the Nuns

Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans

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The story

You're on Chartres Street now, a short walk from the LaLaurie house, standing outside the Old Ursuline Convent.

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New Orleans · 8 stops · 55 min · 1.1 mi

  1. Hotel Monteleone1

    Hotel Monteleone

    The Cobbler Who Built a Tower
    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum2

    New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

    The Pharmacist, the Doctor, and the Rumor
    Photo: Miguel Tremblay (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Cabildo3

    The Cabildo

    The Room Where Separate Began
    Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. St. Louis Cathedral4

    St. Louis Cathedral

    Père Antoine and the Bell Called Victoire
    Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Krakers assumed (based on copyright claims). (Corrected by User:StAn), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop5

    Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

    The Pirate Who May Never Drank Here
    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. LaLaurie Mansion6

    LaLaurie Mansion

    The Cook Who Set the Fire
    Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Old Ursuline Convent7You're here

    Old Ursuline Convent

    The Attic, the Chests, and the Nuns
    Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. Beauregard-Keyes House8

    Beauregard-Keyes House

    The General Who Rented a Room
    Photo: ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

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