Cities of the Dead

A fine line between the living and those beyond the graves

New Orleans has been out of this world since it was founded as Nouvelle-Orléans by the French in 1718. Under colonial rule, life was difficult. The swampy, mosquito-plagued city was originally colonized with many French asylum patients and prisoners, sent on a one-way ticket to New Orleans. The upheaval continued with the first of thousands […]

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