10. New Orleans is located approximately 105 miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico.







9. New Orleans is home to one of the largest and busiest ports in the world.





8. Baroness Pontalba finished the Pontalba Apartments in New Orleans' French Quarter in 1850. She ordered cast iron to be made in New York and shipped down to Mississippi. Her maiden and her last name began with an "A" and "P" which are winded in the cast iron railing which can still be found on the buildings today.