This article describes a travel course to New Orleans that allows students the opportunity to study a unique culture in the United States. Students in the course are able to study how the culture developed through its immigration patterns, its food, its architecture, and the development of jazz. Since the flooding following Hurricane Katrina, a service learning component has been added. The article includes the syllabus and is based on the experiences of the author, a native of the city, taking students from Gwynedd-Mercy College in suburban Philadelphia to New Orleans over the past four years.