We have a HUGE announcement coming next week! You won’t want to miss it!
We have a HUGE announcement coming next week! You won’t want to miss it! #WhatsYourMO #ModusOperandiGames #LetsHaveSomeFun
GOT GAMES? 💥 #ComingSoon #Games #NolaCulture #NolaLife #WhatsYourMO
GOT GAMES? 💥 #ComingSoon #Games #NolaCulture #NolaLife #WhatsYourMO
Happy birthday Hottest Hell Tours! 🔥
Happy birthday to us! Hottest Hell Tours is 5 years old today! Shout out to our fearless leader Bond Ruggles who worked tirelessly to make this dream a reality, to all of our tour guides who are the heart and soul of our company, and to all of YOU, to our guests who over the past five years have taken our tours, supported our small female owned buisness, left us five star reviews, and shared us with your family and friends! We wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for you! We’re so grateful for all of the history lovers, paranormal enthusiasts, witches, vampires, and lovers of all things New Orleans who have joined our Hottest Hell community. Here’s to many more years to come! #HottestHellTours #NolaCulture #NolaLife #NewOrleans #Nola #HistoryLovers #SmallBusiness #LocalBusiness #FemaleOwnedBusiness
What’s your MO?
Something big is coming to New Orleans. The city will need saving. Mysteries will need to be solved. Are you up to the task? What’s your MO? 🔎 #ComingSoon #NolaGames #Games #NolaCulture #BachelorParty #CorporateEvents #LetsHaveSomeFun
Hey New Orleans, want to play a game? 👀 #ComingSoon #NolaCulture #Games
French Quarter Bubbles
There’s always magic in the French Quarter. 🫧 #FrenchQuarter #FrenchQuarterNola #FrenchQuarterLife #NolaLife #NolaCulture
Working with the best guides makes for the best tours. Which is why here at Hottest Hell, we only work with the best of the best! Shout out to Jon who is absolutely smashing the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews and is the highlight of our guests’ trips! Come take a walk with us and see for yourself why our guests love us so much! ❤️🔥 #HottestHellTours #NewOrleansHistory #NolaLife #NolaCulture #HistoryTour #PublicHistory
How to be prepared when going on a walking tour in New Orleans. ✅ #VisitNewOrleans #WalkingTour #NolaLife
Working with the best guides makes for the best tours. Which is why here at Hottest Hell, we only work with the best of the best! Shout out to Jeremy who is absolutely SLAYING the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews!! #HottestHellTours #NewOrleansHistory #NolaLife
You KNOW we can’t start talking about books without shouting out some of our favorite local bookshops! We love you @baldwinandcompany @octaviabooks @blue_cypress_books @faulknerhousebooks @crescentcitybooks ❤️📚
Since we’ve been showing off our bookshelves, we thought we’d highlight just a few of our many favorite books about all things New Orleans. 📚⚜️ #BookLovers #NewOrleansHistory #NewOrleansBooks
One of the most frequent questions we get asked on our tours is: How do you know all of this? And the answer is: reading. Lots and lots of reading. Lots of digging through the archives and lots of books. So we thought we’d give you a rare behind-the-scenes peak at some (but by no means all 😉📚) of the bookshelves of Hottest Hell. #BookLovers #BookshelfTour #HistoryResearch
Happy Pride Y’all!
Happy Pride Month NOLA! 🌈 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ More love = less horror stories. We’re dreaming of the day when the only horror stories we tell are in the past. Keep loving, y’all! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🤍🩵 #PrideMonth #NewOrleans #NolaPride #Nola #LGBTQ
Speaking of Romeo Spikes, weve got lots of different styles of spikes here in the French Quarter! Whats your favorite type of spike? #NewOrleansArchitecture
Have you ever noticed that some of our gallery poles have spikes on them? These spikes are technically called “garde de frise”, an adaptation of “cheval de frise” which were anti-calvary defense systems. They have since evolved into home defense systems which we lovingly like to call “Romeo spikes” because of their intent to keep young Romeos from visiting the Juliettes of the household. #RomeoSpikes #NewOrleansArchitecture
Here in New Orleans, we can be pretty persnickety about our architectural terms. Do you know the difference between a balcony and a gallery? Balconies extend part of the length of the sidewalk and are supported by brackets that are inserted into the buildings. Galleries extend the entire length of the sidewalk and are supported by poles that are inserted into the ground. Now you know! 😉 #NewOrleansArchitecture
We’ve been keeping a big secret!! Hottest Hell Tours recently had the honor of helping the one and only Christina Hendricks @actuallychristinahendricks celebrate her wedding here in New Orleans! 💒 💐 Led by owner and history professor Bond Ruggles @bondruggles the wedding party called the tour “especially perfect!” ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thank you for allowing Hottest Hell Tours to be a part of your special day, Christina! It was a pleasure hosting you, your friends, and family, and we love that you love New Orleans like we do. ⚜️
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Flag History Part 2: the New Orleans Flag!
The three golden symbols on our flag are called the fleur de lis, which is a stylized lily or iris flower that has been a symbol of France since the French Revolution. The triple stripes are called a Spanish fess, which can also be seen in the flag of Spain.
Before we became American, we were French and Spanish colonies, and the flag keeps those histories alive.
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Flag History Part 1: The Louisiana Flag! Many visitors to Louisiana comment on the beautiful pelicans that fly over our bayous and swamps, majestically diving for fish. It makes sense then, that the pelican should be on our state flag, as well as the mascot for our NBA basketball team here in New Orleans. But what most people don’t realize, is that if you look closely at our flag, there are three drops of blood coming from the pelican’s chest. According to medieval lore, female pelicans were believed to rip open their chests to feed their babies blood when there wasn’t enough food to eat.
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