THE BIG EASY TURNS 300

New Orleans, Louisiana, celebrates its Tricentennial this year and what a ride it has been over the past 300 years. There is no other city quite like NOLA, with its mind-boggling history and cultural blending creating a work of art that keeps visitors coming from around the world. Be it for the music that saturates the city streets from those solemn origins in Congo Square, to the Cajun food that whips your tastebuds into a frenzy, the steamboats that spin up the timeless Mississippi or the incredible art, people watching and live music in the French Quarter, no visitor will leave NOLA disappointed. Other highlights include strolling around Jackson Square, taking the street car out to the Garden District, visiting the plantations out along the River Road and spotting alligators out in the swamps.