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2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
It is August 1878, and yellow fever is turning the French Quarter into a graveyard. You are Louis Joseph Dufilho Jr., America's first licensed pharmacist, and a coded letter reaches your hands. Walk from the French Market to your apothecary on Chartres Street, decoding the secret hidden across the Quarter's iconic landmarks before the trail — and the city — are lost.
Blending New Orleans history — the Ursuline nuns, the 1878 epidemic, the wrought-iron balconies of Royal and Bourbon Streets, the Cabildo and St. Louis Cathedral — with a gothic conspiracy thriller, every stop reveals the landmark's true story while advancing the intrigue. Augmented reality brings the clues to life, with audio narration in 32 languages.
Start whenever you like, go at your own pace, pause for photos. No guide, no fixed schedule, no app to download — just open it on your phone and play. A perfect blend of sightseeing, storytelling and puzzles for explorers, couples and families visiting New Orleans.
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
French Market
Begin under the colonnade of the French Market (trading since the 1790s, one of America's oldest public markets). You open Dufilho's coded letter and decode the first French word,— the sharing of scarce remedies that kept the poor alive.
Old Ursuline Convent Museum
At the Old Ursuline Convent (1752), the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley, the nuns turned their halls into a fever ward. the care that comforted the dying.
No app download required — works instantly in any smartphone web browser
Interactive puzzles and ciphers to solve
• Augmented reality (AR) experiences at key landmarks
Self-guided audio walking tour
GPS-guided digital map
Audio commentary in 32 languages
Gratuities
Food & Drink
Smartphone and headphones (bring your own
Transportation to and from the meeting point
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Operated by OddballTrip