New Orleans

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina halted rail service, Amtrak's new Mardi Gras Service links Mobile and New Orleans, offering travellers coastal views and stories of resilience.

A successful Mardi Gras used to be measured by how much waste it produced. Now, the world's largest free festival is trying to clean up.

Emeril Lagasse is an expert on all of NOLA's iconic foods but has a special place in his heart for gumbo.

Singer-songwriter Andrew Duhon shares the best live music in his hometown New Orleans, from acoustic sets at The Tigermen Den to candlelit piano acts at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar.

It doesn't appear in textbooks and isn't included in the much-anticipated movie Napoleon – but the French politician had bold plans to start a new life in the US.

It's a comforting bowl filled with spicy noodles steeped in beef or chicken broth, Worcestershire and soy sauce, ketchup, and sometimes, hot sauce.

By sympathising with weary strikers and offering them free sandwiches, two former street car workers made culinary history.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans in late August 2005, the city's music-makers are hitting high notes once again.