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thequisby

A quirky New Orleans hostel. Experience #adventures like a local, for all travelers alike (w/ 24hr @quartzbar). Book direct for best rates 👇
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・・・ #31DaysofSpooky Day Day: Established in ・・・ #31DaysofSpooky Day Day: Established in 1787, Destrahan Plantation is the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi River Valley. 🌿 While the home itself is gorgeous, it comes with an insidious past. Despite its heartbreaking History, it remains a popular location for weddings, vampires (multiple scenes from Interview with the Vampire were filmed here!) and treasure hunters scouting the buried treasure of Jean Lafitte, rumored to be hidden on the property. Thanks to the help of local Historical societies, this mansion has been restored, and now includes frequent visits from owners past. Most notably Stephen Henderson, a Scottish immigrant who found wealth as an entrepreneur during the plantation’s indigo days when he married 16 year old Marie Destrahan-who was 36 years his junior. When his young bride died shortly into their marriage, he was heart-stricken, and died himself a few years later; today, he still roams the halls in agony, seeking out the energy of happy couples. 🌿 The grounds are also said to be cursed by the instigator of a slave uprising during his cruel punishment. For all intents and purposes, it does seem that his pain stuck a curse: several of the owners of the Historical landmark died strange or unusual deaths. Pierre d’Trepagnier was summoned from dinner one evening by a man dressed as a Spanish official. The two were seen engaged in conversation walking the grounds-and never again. 🌿 State Senator Basile LaPlace, who took ownership at the turn of the century, was shot by members of the Ku Klux Klan before being hung on his own property in 1898. Factor in a number of yellow fever victims, and you have a gumbo of lost spirits here, all waiting for visiting hours to end. #HappyHaunting, y’all! 👻 • • • Destrahan Plantation is an easy visit from New Orleans, but arrangements do need to be made in advance. For more information on booking out-of-city tours, contact @stubborn.strega or join us for local tours every Saturday at 7PM.
#31DaysofSpooky Day 7: The next time you’re feel #31DaysofSpooky Day 7: The next time you’re feeling #magical, pop into #VoodooAuthentica in the #FrenchQuarter. ☠️ #Voodoo and #hoodoo are alive and well down here in #NewOrleans, but both continue to get a bit of a bad rep. Nowhere near evil or devil-worshipping, New Orleans Voodoo married old (we’re talking *old*) African and Caribbean customs and beliefs and blended them into a fabulous gumbo. In fact, many, many, many of its practitioners identify as Catholics (Marie Laveau worshipped in the last pew at St. Louis Cathedral). While you can certainly dabble in #hoodoo-the magic part you’ve all seen Hollywood get wrong time and again 🙄-Voodoo itself is a religion that also adheres to the “An ye harm none” aspect. It’s an added bonus that the amazing people who continue to practice this centuries old faith can summon a love potion or whip up a vinegar jar. Stop by for a “spell” if you’ve got a minute. Just mind the bones and chicken feet. 🐓 #HappyHaunting 🍂🎃🍁 • • • For more hauntings in the #CrescentCity, book a tour with @stubborn.strega through @thequisby! Tours depart Saturdays at 7PM.
#31DaysofSpooky Day 6️⃣: Tucked into a relativ #31DaysofSpooky Day 6️⃣: Tucked into a relatively quiet corner of #AudubonPark is a majestic lady.🌳 She is believed to be 300 years old, although many Historians argue she could be as old as 500. Officially, she is called Etienne de Boré, but locals affectionately call her the #TreeofLife. Because she is rumored to have been a wedding present to a plantation owner’s new bride, her shade has become a popular destination for lovers-even those looking to celebrate their own wedding. 👰🏾🤵🏽Careful, though, she comes with her very own entourage, more than one apparition has been seen pacing her spot here late at night (star-crossed lovers looking for each other from beyond?) and she’ll consider granting wishes, provided you leave her an offering at the base of her trunk. Make-shift altars spring up here rather frequently, so take care in choosing what you’ll bring. No one wants to show up at a party with the same dish. 😉 #HappyHaunting, y’all! 🍂🎃🍁 • • • For more hauntings in the #CrescentCity, book a tour with @stubborn.strega through @thequisby! Tours depart Saturdays at 7PM.
#31DaysofSpooky Day 5️⃣: Spirits flow freely a #31DaysofSpooky Day 5️⃣: Spirits flow freely at The Mahogany Jazz Bar-most notably Absinthe, the notoriously popular drink responsible for more than a few wild nights-but not every spirit in this Historic jazz and burlesque club comes in a glass. 🥃 The Folk’s Lodging House operated as a home and haven to a number of the city’s earliest immigrants. But early #NewOrleans was not as hospitable as Mr. Folk-his guests succumbed to many a fever and a few suicides during the boarding house’s heyday, and in 1892, a murder made headlines in the front of the lodge, giving poor Mr. Folk a fair balance of living vs dead guests in his establishment. With the transformation of guest house to jazz hall, many of Folk’s former guests haven’t left, brushing past bartenders and patrons, whispering gossip in dark corners, and moving glasses off of the bar. 🥃 Please come and enjoy the music and the nightlife here-but be forewarned that not all of the nightlife is full of life. 😉 #HappyHaunting, friends. • • • For more hauntings in the #CrescentCity, book a tour with @stubborn.strega through @thequisby! Tours depart Saturdays at 7PM.
#31DaysofSpooky Day 4️⃣: Tucked into the alrea #31DaysofSpooky Day 4️⃣: Tucked into the already-spooky-enough- #PiratesAlley and blanketed by the shadow of America’s oldest cathedral, Faulkner House Books had the privilege of housing one of the greatest writers of literature. William Faulkner occupied the apartment here at the turn of the century, and completed his first novel, Soldier’s Pay, in what is now the coziest of bookshops. Many of Faulkner’s original works and collections are still on display. 📚 While the atmosphere outside has certainly changed in the last 100 years, the energy inside, arguably, has not. This bookstore does not allow smoking, but if you catch the scent of pipe tobacco, please don’t be offended. Faulkner loved a good smoke while he wrote, and does make an appearance at his desk inside his former home, bent over what would become one of the next great models of American Literature. #HappyHaunting! 👻

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