Entry No. 30 — the New Orleans file — filed under: haunted

St. Roch Chapel and Ex-Voto Room

Inside this 1870s shrine, built after a priest's congregation survived yellow fever, a small side room sits behind an iron gate with brick floors and peeling walls. Generations of the faithful have left plaster and plastic body parts as thanks for healings: feet, hands, hearts, brains, plus polio leg braces, glass eyes, dental plates, and oddities like a can of corn and a small Ronald McDonald doll. During a recent restoration the room was deliberately left untouched, dust and all, so the offerings remain exactly as the cured left them.

The move: Step quietly into the ex-voto room together and read the cast-off braces and ceramic hearts as a wall of strangers' miracles.

📍 Before you go It is an active cemetery with limited hours; the ex-voto room is only open when the chapel is unlocked, so check timing before going.

• 📍 St. Roch / Faubourg Marigny
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: 1725 St. Roch Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

Hours: Added 2026-06-22 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-22