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If you have any interest in learning about raised cemeteries and the place where many of the wealthy locals and former politicians are laid to rest, this is a must see. Each cemetery is unique in its own way and has special history. Of them all, I have always wanted to tour this form a race track turn cemetery because I've passed it as a child over the years. What's rather interesting is, very few companies offer tours of the Metairie cemetery. Most are focused on Lafayette or St. Louis. Lucky for us, New Orleans tours offers tours of the cemetery on a daily basis. Shelia went out of her way to accommodate our schedule, and even was nice enough to bring us cold bottles of water which was just what we needed on a rather hot day. We spent some time reviewing several tombstones including the one of the former owner of the cemetery.It should come as no surprise that former N.O. Saints owner Tom Benson is buried there along with the likes of Al Copeland, Anne Rice's husband, WCC Claiborne and heirs of Dowman, Dwyer and Kiefer. I also have the opportunity to see one of the most beautiful fallen angel sculptures and some pretty amazing stained glass. I highly recommend New Orleans tours and will most definitely take another with Shelia during another visit.

Just finished up an amazing tour of the Garden District with Sheila Ferran. She was incredibly kind, interesting, and extraordinarily knowledgeable of all the architecture in the area. We were able to walk down every street and she could not only tell us about the building design, she was also able to tell us a story of every house we asked about. She could answer any question we had about anything on every street we walked down. She has a background as a former architect. This really showed as she could point out small details I feel most tour guides would not be able to do. We had a absolutely wonderful time with Sheila. I hear she also gives tours of some of the local cemeteries so we will be looking and requesting for specifically her.

Sheila was an awesome tour guide. We visited the Metairie Cemetery with her and you could tell that she knew her way around very well. She had fun and interesting stories to tell us, which included a lot of valuable historical & cultural context. I will definitely take another tour with her, the next time we visit NOLA.