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Have you been to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, the oldest still-operating cemetery in New Orleans? It's the resting place of Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. | NOLA.com

Nicolas Cage bought a pyramid tomb in New Orleans’ most haunted cemetery, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Built from smooth white limestone and towering nearly nine feet tall, this mysterious structure is engraved with the Latin phrase “Omnia Ab Uno,” meaning “Everything From One.” It’s believed to symbolize Hermetic philosophy, immortality, and the mystical energy Cage is drawn to. He purchased the tomb in 2010, shortly after the IRS seized several of his New Orleans properties, including the infamou

Marie Laveau’s bio from find a grave: American Folk Figure. Known to history and popular lore as a legendary “Voodoo Priestess”, the details of her life have proven to historians as elusive and ambiguous. In the nineteenth century, she was the single most storied figure in the substantial New Orleans, Louisiana “voodoo” milieu. Though her birthdate is unknown, there are reports of a young Laveau leading Voodoo ceremonies in Congo Square (now Louis Armstrong Park) as early as 1830, and it is gene