Historicwalking Toursareamust for thetourist, especiallyBoston Commons, a citypark, and Beacon Hill, with its roadsstillpaved withthe originalstones from the 17thcentury.
But Robert Florence of Historic New Orleans WalkingTours Inc. believes that the facts surrounding the city's burial sites -- which include family tombs that hold generations of remains and sit above ground, preventing caskets from floating away during floods -- are as good as fiction.
Cultural travellers appreciate the city's numerous walkingtours, historic homes, and fine exhibitions at the Telfair Academy, the South's oldest public art museum.