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The Forgotten German Church That Started My Obsession

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Front view of Holy Trinity Church in the Faubourg Marigny, an abandoned 19th-century German Catholic church with distinctive onion domes and worn brick façade.

Holy Trinity Church, New Orleans Some places don’t ask for attention.They wait for it. I wasn’t searching for abandoned buildings when I first saw Holy Trinity Church. I wasn’t researching forgotten history or chasing lost places yet. We had just left St. Patrick Cemetery, on our way to the 9th Ward. We were just in … Read more

Greenwood Cemetery: New Orleans’ Most Unusual City of the Dead

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Elk monument standing atop a tumulus at the Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans from outside the fence

TMP Origins – The Early Roads | New Orleans Trip #2 A Cemetery That Broke Every Rule New Orleans cemeteries are famous for their tall walls, vaulted tombs, and tightly woven “Cities of the Dead.”But Greenwood Cemetery?It took one look at tradition… and politely declined. Born in 1852 during a yellow fever crisis that left … Read more