'Float houses' are popping up all over New Orleans for Mardi Gras 2021: Now with 250 photos!
The coronavirus made Carnival parades impossible in 2021, but never-say-die New Orleans residents and organizations have made lemonade from lemons by converting their stoops, porches and balconies into stationary "floats." All hail!
Check out our interactive map of float locations below -- just click on a house icon to see the address. To have your favorite home float included in this slide show, please send the address and/or photos with permission to publish to dmaccash@theadvocate.com.
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Mardi Gras house float, 1360 Paris NE, Grand Rapids Michigan, PHOTO COURTESY KAREN DUNNAM.jpg
Mardi Gras house float, 425 Whipple Ave., Batavia Illinois, PHOTO COURTESY RENEE CULBERTSON.jpg
Mardi Gras house float, Venice Florida, PHOTO COURTESY TODD BROWN.jpg
'Seraphina, a Mardi Gras Dragon,' Mardi Gras house float 3025 Ursulines Ave. PHOTO COURTESY GEORGIA BRYANT.jpg
'Street Animals Take Over Mardi Gras,' Mardi Gras house float, 2426 Gen. Taylor St. PHOTO COURTESY 2CURTIS LAUB.jpg
'Street Animals Take Over Mardi Gras,' Mardi Gras house float, 2426 Gen. Taylor St. PHOTO COURTESY CURTIS LAUB.jpg
Covid Carnival Mardi Gras house float, Flagstaff Arizona, PHOTO COURTESY PEGGY ODEM.jpg
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'Garden of Eatin' Krewe of House Floats house at 4701 Bancroft Dr. 2.jpeg
Krewe of House Floats 3128 Minnesota Ave., Metairie PHOTO COURTESY JAMIE RICHARDSON.jpg
‘Queen Jubilee’ float house at 2701 St.Charles Ave., produced by the Krewe of Red Beans’ ‘Hire a Mardi Gras Artist’ program 7.jpeg
'Ladies Let the Good Times Roll' Mardi Gras house float, designed by Monica Rose Kelly and Tyla Maiden, 1401 Laharpe St..jpg
'If Ever I Cease to Masque,' Mardi Gras house float, 1537 Crete St., PHOTO COURTESY JENNIFER PAGAN.jpg
'Live to Ride, Ride to Live, Krewe d'Etat Mardi Gras house float, St. Charels Ave. at 4th St., PHOTO COURTESY TOMMY MITCHELL.jpg
'Mysterious Coral Caverns of the Bywater!' by Art Camp 504 students, 3113 Royal St. PHOTO COURTESY LINKA ODOM AND SAM BASS
'Serpents of the Nile,' Mardi Gras house float, 59 Allard Blvd. PHOTO COURTESY PAM AND CHRIS CARAVELLA.jpg
'Ruth Gator Ginsburg' Mardi Gras house float, 1411 Moss St. PHOTO COURTESY AMY SHARPE.jpg
'Dancing Queen, You are in Quarantine,' Mardi Gras house float, 6110 St. Charles Ave., PHOTO COURTESY MARK McKEOWN.jpg
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Updated'310 for the WIN,' LSU House float, 310 West 25th Ave., Covington PHOTO COURTESY ELIZABETH LAGARDE.jpg
'2021 A Space Meowdyssey,' Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY JAMES LANIUS.JPG
'Acorn Cottage,' Mardi Gras house float, 1116 Jena St., PHOTO COURTESY RON CARRIER.jpg
'Happy PlatyGras,' Mardi Gras house float, 1015 Marigny St., PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTINA KIEL.jpg
'Krewe of Bare Bones,' Mardi Gras house float, 4721 Palmyra St., PHOTO COURTESY MARK FIJMAN.jpg
'Maison Blanche,' Mardi Gras house float, 537 Joseph St., PHOTO COURTESY MARGARITE ADAMS.jpg
'Marlina,' Robert Tannen Mardi Gras house float, 2326 Esplanade Ave. PHOTO COURTESY JEANNE NATHAN.jpg
'Peace and Dove ... but ... Be Nice or Leave,' Mardi Gras house float, 3708 Magazine St., PHOTO COURTESY STARR HAGENBRING.jpg
'Rockin On Da Porch,' Mardi Gras house float, PHOTO COURTESY LORI MATHERENE.jpg
Salisbury N.C. Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY AL DUNN.jpg
'The Plague Doctor Pays A Visit,' Mardi Gras house float, 2721 St. Charles Ave., PHOTO COURTESY FRANK DUDENHEFER JR..jpg
'The Times-PeckYou'n,' Mardi Gras float house, 7810 Spruce St. PHOTO COURTESY NANCY CADDIGAN.jpg
Venice Florida Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY TODD BROWN.jpg
'Watching the World Go By,' Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY HEATHER WEATHERS.jpg
'Where the Music Resides,' Mardi Gras house float, 606 Aurora Dr., Algiers PHOTO COURTESY CHERRELL SIMMS TAPLIN.jpg
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Updated'Krewe of Nevermore' Mardi Gras house float, 305-307 Opelousas Ave..jpeg
Second-story Kraken Mardi Gras house float, 6574 Memphis St., Lakeview .jpeg
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'House of Tarot,' Mardi Gras house float, 4234 Laurel St. PHOTO COURTESY ERROL FOUQUET.jpg
'Cast Away COVID Island,' Mardi Gras house float, 609 Vallette St., Algiers .jpeg
'Marie Laveau Voodoo Queen,' Mardi Gras house float, 716-718 Monroe St., Algiers.jpeg
'Krewe of Moira’s Schitt’s Creek Inspired House Float,' 504-506 Vallette St..jpeg
'Waffle House,' Mardi Gras house float, 5601 Annunciation St. PHOTO COURTESY ALEX RAWLS.jpeg
'Purple Rain House,' Mardi Gras house float, 3814 Laurel St., PHOTO COURTESY ALEX RAWLS.jpeg
‘da Bayou Float-nBoat - Laissez les bon temps flotter,’ Mardi Gras house float, 872 Taft Pl., PHOTO COURTESY LARRY ROBINSON.jpg
‘Hey Kitty Girl,’ Mardi Gras house float, 51 Derbes Dr., Gretna, PHOTO COURTESY LAURIN HART 2.jpg
‘Hey Kitty Girl,’ Mardi Gras house float, 51 Derbes Dr., Gretna, PHOTO COURTESY LAURIN HART.jpg
‘Flew the Coop,’ Mardi Gras house float, Minnesota, PHOTO COURTESY ROXANNE SANCHEZ.jpg
‘Happy Mardi Gras,’ Mardi Gras house float, 3815 D'Hemecourt St. PHOTO COURTESYLARRY WALSH.jpg
‘La Mask-querade,’ Mardi Gras house float, 1628 N. Dupre St., PHOTO COURTESY M.X. TURNER.jpg
‘Pacific Rim,’ Mardi Gras house float, 450 Pacific Ave. PHOTO COURTESY KIM ARANDA.jpg
‘Terrors of the gulf with Bloody Mary’s Voodoo Pirate Ship,’ Mardi Gras house float, S. Hennessey and Cleveland Streets, PHOTO COURTESY BLOODY MARY.jpg
‘The Birdcage - Caged in NOLA,’ Mardi Gras house float, 301 Olivier St., Algiers PHOTO COURTESY BEATRIZ APRIGLIANO-ZIEGLER 2.jpg
‘The Birdcage - Caged in NOLA,’ Mardi Gras house float, 301 Olivier St., Algiers PHOTO COURTESY BEATRIZ APRIGLIANO-ZIEGLER.JPG
‘Upper 9 Lives,’ Mardi Gras house float, 2320 Mazant St., PHOTO COURTESY MELISSA FRITZ.jpg
‘Whimzeyland,’ Mardi Gras house float, 1206 3rd St North, Safety Harbor, Florida PHOTO COURTESY KIARALINDA AND TODD.jpg
'Circus,' Mardi Gras house float, 5531 St. Charles Ave., STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH.jpeg
‘500 Bourbon,’ Chris Owens Mardi Gras float house, 805.5 West Hall Ave., Slidell. PHOTO COURTESY MICHELLE KAVANAUGH 2.jpg
‘Krewe du Shroom,’ psychedelic Mardi Gras house float, 2825 N. Rampart St..jpg
‘Mardi Gras Mountain Overlook, Mardi Gras house float, Transylvania Co., N. Carolina PHOTO COURTESY JILL WHALEN.jpg
“Dr.Seuss Gets Loose,” 2208 Robert St. PHOTO COURTESY TAMRA LYNCH 2.jpg
'Mystic Krewe of Unicorns' Mardi Gras house float, 5400 block, St. Charles Ave., PHOTO COURTESY LAUREN CHISESI MAY 3.jpg
'Saint Dolly,' Mardi Gras house float, 5200 St. Charles Ave. STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH 6.jpeg
'Saint Dolly,' Mardi Gras house float, 5200 St. Charles Ave. STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH 4.jpeg
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Updated‘Goddesses A-Go-Go,’ Mardi Gras house float, 826 Gravier St. PHOTO COURTESY ANGELA KING 2.jpg
‘Goddesses A-Go-Go,’ Mardi Gras house float, 826 Gravier St. PHOTO COURTESY ANGELA KING.jpg
‘Gustav Klimt’ Mardi Gras house float, 1819 S. White St. PHOTO COURTESY LAURA HETTINGER.png
'Chris Owen's Easter Parade' Mardi Gras house float, 2801 St. Charles Ave. STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH.jpeg
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Krewe of Muses' 'Cosmos' Mardi Gras house float, 4026 St. Charles Ave. 1 STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH 2.jpeg
'Circus,' Mardi Gras house float, 5531 St. Charles Ave., STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH 3.jpeg
Palm frond house, Mardi Gras house float, 619 Lesseps St. STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG MacCASH.jpeg
‘2021 Krewe of Yardi Gras Salutes Essential Workers!’ Mardi Gras house float, 1578 Avondale Dr., Baton Rouge PHOTO COURTESY CAMILLE CONAWAY.jpg
‘Chillin on the corner of 6th and Baronne,’ Mardi Gras house float, 2902 Baronne St., PHOTO COURTESY ERIN REGAN MACINNES.jpg
‘Cuckoo From COVID,’ Mardi Gras house float, 7920 Zimpel St., PHOTO COURTESY MICHELE ALLEN-HART.jpg
‘Danny Barker's Ham and Eggs,’ Mardi Gras house float, 1574 N Dorgenois St., PHOTO COURTESY MARY MCCARTHY.jpg
‘Fringe Fest,’ Mardi Gras house float, 7506 Zimpel St. PHOTO COURTESY ANNIE WENTZ TETE.jpg
‘Pandymion,’ 2463 Dauphine St. PHOTO COURTESY SARA HAUGE AND TOM HERMAN.jpg
‘Saints, LSU, Tulane,’ Mardi Gras house float, 4849 Ithaca St. PHOTO COURTESY CHARLES H AUSTIN IV.jpg
‘The COVID House of Blues, I Got The Antibodies in Me,’ Mardi Gras house float, 807 Polk St. PHOTO COURTESY MELANIE KITTO.jpg
‘The Laurel Leviathan,’ Mardi Gras house float, 3727 Laurel St., PHOTO COURTESY KRISTINA AND DEREK VITRANO.JPG
‘They All Masked For You!’ Mardi Gras house float, 2820 Soniat St., PHOTO COURTESY RYAN MEYERS.jpg
‘Throw Me Something,’ Mardi Gras house float, 4216 Prytania St. PHOTO COURTESY DEAN HOWARD.jpg
‘Under the Big Top,’ 2208 Jay St. New Orleans, Mardi Gras house float, PHOTO COURTESY JULIE MALONEY 2.jpg
‘Women of Light Sharing Hope,’ 1706 S. Saratoga St., produced by the Krewe of Red Beans ‘Hire a Mardi Gras Artists’ project. Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY MARY LOU SPECHA.jpg
‘Wonder Women,’ Mardi Gras house float, 3221 N. Rampart St., PHOTO COURTESY CARLY HOWDEN AND ROBERT TAYLOR.jpg
Bernie, 3400 Napoleon Ave. Mardi Gras house float PHOTO COURTESY ANGIE BLALOCK.jpg
Skeleton krewe Mardi Gras house float, 1174 Magazine St., PHOTO COURTESY ANTHONY ‘TURDUCKEN DELROSARIO.jpg
‘Endymi-ain't Queen Anita Chardonnay,’ 5424 Canal Blvd. PHOTO COURTESY TARA SCHROEDER 2.jpg
'Leah Chase' float house, 2918 Bell St. 2.jpeg
Satirical 'Trump's Da-mise' float house at 1009 Montegut St..jpeg
'Krewe of Themis' float house, 823 Peniston St., PHOTO COURTESY KIMYA HOLMES 2.jpeg
‘Meow Gras,’ 2223 Marengo St. PHOTO COURTESY DONNA ROBERTSON.jpg
‘Under the Sea,’ 7813 Jeannette St., PHOTO COURTESY CYROUS ARDALAN 2.jpg
‘St. Peony’s Pegasus Parade,’ 2240 Magazine St. PHOTO COURTESY JENNIFER ATKINS.jpg
“Dr.Seuss Gets Loose,” 2208 Robert St. PHOTO COURTESY TAMRA LYNCH.jpg
'Queen of Bounce House,' Big Freedia float house, 4321 Laurel St.,house concept by Dr. Sarena Teng, Big Freedia artwork by Maddie Stratton & Coco Darrow of Stronghold Studios.jpeg
'Celebrating Professor Carl Nivale's 25th Anniversary,' float house, 448 Metairie Lawn Dr. PHOTO COURTESY EDWARD R. COX 2.jpg
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'Krewe of Themis' float house, 823 Peniston St., PHOTO COURTESY KIMYA HOLMES.jpeg
'Celebrity Jeopardy Post-Mortem Tournament,' 914 Pleasant St.
'LEGO 2020' float house, 418-420 Eliza St., Algiers 9.jpeg
'Little Shop of 2020 Horrors,' float house at 430 Bounty St., Algiers PHOTO COURTESY LADY WALKER
'Halffast Walking Club,' float house, 808 Napoleon Ave..jpeg
'Georgia on My Mind,' 709 Independence St..jpeg
'Gotta Wear Shades,' 1927-25 Milan St., PHOTO COURTESY SARAH AND STEPHAN NIEUWENHUIZEN.jpg
'Leah Chase' float house, 2918 Bell St..jpeg
'Marie Laveau' float house, 2937 Bell St..jpeg
'Something Fishy,' 2419 Burgundy St..jpeg
'Housewife Taglines by Ya Mom and Dem,' float house 133 Aris Avenue, Metairie.jpg
'Gogh Mardi Gras,' New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St..jpeg
'Welcome to Wakanda!' 840 Opelousas Ave., Algiers.jpeg
Kraken house, 812-814 Opelousas, Algiers.jpeg
'It's 5 O'clock Somewhere!,' 313 Opelousas Ave..jpeg
Craig Bassein's flamingo and floaer float house, 404 Olivier St., Algiers.jpeg
'Amity Island,' 539 Sequin St., Algiers.jpeg
'Aloha' float house, 333-331 Alix St..jpeg
'Aloha' float house, 333-331 Alix St. 2.jpeg
Kraken house, 812-814 Opelousas, Algiers 2.jpeg
‘Schitt$ Streets: Welcome to Lakeview’ float house, 5975 Canal Blvd. .jpeg
Krewe of Mardi Paws dog house float..jpeg
'The Mystic Krewe of Modern Love' float house, 725 Robert St., PHOTO COURTESY PAUL GALLANT.jpg
'2020 in Musicals,' 5819 S. Galvez St. PHOTO COURTESY BETH BAYER.jpg
Beads in the Trees float house, 5202 Chestnut St., Margaret Adler Saik.jpg
'Alice in Wonderland' float house, 1115 Louisiana Ave., PHOTO COURTESY JULIET HAINKEL HOLTON.jpg
'Big Love 2 Da Big Easy,' 3100 DeSoto St., PHOTO COURTESY AMY AND BLAKE AMOS.jpg
'Cannoli Wishes and Gelato Dreams,' 962 N Carrollton Ave. PHOTO COURTESY JODIE FORNADLEY MARINO.jpg
Cardinals baseball bleachers float house, 4621 S Johnson St. PHOTO COURTESY WES NASH AND SARA VALENTINE.jpg
Dragon at the Window float house, 2013 Foucher St., PHOTO COURTESY LIZ RAMSEY 2.jpg
Gingerbread float house, 5323 Memphis Street, Lakeview, PHOTO COURTESY EVE KAZIK.jpg
'How Sweet it is to be Loved Bayou, 3100 DeSoto St.. PHOTO COURTESY MISSY DALTON.jpg
'Make a Sign,' 1120 Eighth St. PHOTO COURTESY CHARLOTTE STOLBERG.jpg
'Margaritaville NOLA,' 4528 S Prieur St. PHOTO COURTESY BARBARA GARDNER.jpg
Moon Pie float house, 133 Aris Ave., Metairie, PHOTO COURTESY TREVA LINCOLN.jpg
'Sweetheart of the ICU,' 715 St. Ferdinand St. PHOTO COURTESY DAVE AND KATE MEEKS.jpg
'Jambalaya, Jamba, Jamba,' 5438 Chartres St., PHOTO COURTESY ROSS TURLINGTON 2.jpg
'Jeopardy' float house, 2371 Chippewa St..jpeg
'Birds of Bulbancha,' 2656 LePage St. by the Krewe of Red Beans' 'Hire a Mardi Gras Artist' program.jpeg
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'We are the Champions,' Societe Des Champs Elysee float house, 1205 Elysian Fields Ave. 2.jpeg
'Candyland Cottage,' 3449 DeSaix Blvd., PHOTO COURTESY LEAH AND MATTHEW FISCHER.jpg
Carnival Flowers and Vines, 4024 Baudin St. PHOTO COURTESY NATHALIE AND LARSON DuPONT.jpg
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Updated'Fashion House,' 4900 Constance St., PHOTO COURTESY DAVID AND KRISTEN SINGER.jpg
Flambeaux, 34 Colony Dr., Gretna, PHOTO COURTESY PETER MONTAGNINO.jpg
'2020 Hot Mess,' 2237 Arts St. PHOTO COURTESY ELIZABETH STEWARD.jpg
'I Know You Mardi Gras 2021,' 12 Five Oaks Dr., PHOTO COURTESY JEFF OLIVER.jpg
'King of the Jungle,' 1015 Governor Nicholls St., PHOTO COURTESY CRYSTAL GAUTHREAUX.jpg
Olde Town Slideel float house, 206 Teddy Ave., PHOTO COURTESY DAVID MUNROE AND MICHAEL HICKERSON.jpg
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'Rollin on Waldo,' 605 Waldo St., Metairie PHOTO COURTESY LAUREN BERNIUS AND GISELLE CHAUVIN 2.jpg
'Royal Staycation' 3129 State Street Dr. PHOTO COURTESY SHERRI BOURGEOIS.jpg
Smiley Faces float house, 4117 Tartan Dr., Metairie, PHOTO COURTESY RICHIE DAVIDSON.jpg
'The Sirens of Mardi Gras,' 2459 Burgundy St., PHOTO COURTESY ADIKUS SULPIZI AND DAVID CHASE.jpg
'They All Ask'd for You,' 2201 Fern St., PHOTO COURTESY BRANDY LANDRUM.jpg
'Wasted Away Again in Coronaville,' 315 Bermuda St., PHOTO COURTESY KAREN CARBO.jpg
'Tropical Greenhouse,' Home Malone shop, 4610 Magazine St..jpeg
'You Can't Cancel King Cake,' 2312 Milan St., PHOTO COURTESY LORI AND KELLY PASSMORE.jpg
'Acadiana Hay Ride,' Krewe of Red Beans' 'Hire a Mardi Gras Artist' float, 948 Euterpe St. 6.jpeg
'Forever Festin' float house, 3027-3029 Fortin St. 1.jpeg
Holiday float house, 1228 Touro St..jpeg
Tiki Volcano float house, 522 Leontine St. 2.jpeg
Jaws float house, 2432 Jefferson Ave..jpeg
'The Marigny Stoop!' float house, 2501 Chartres St. 1.jpeg
Monkey Drummer float house, 4027 Delgado St..jpeg
Champagne float house by Les Nash, 5304-5306 Annunciation St..jpeg
‘Queen Jubilee’ float house at 2701 St.Charles Ave., produced by the Krewe of Red Beans’ ‘Hire a Mardi Gras Artist’ program 5.jpeg
'Float 42, Chewy's Guide to the COVID Galaxy,' Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus float house, with Christina Moll, 4717 Camp. St..jpeg
'Iris 4 ever' float house at 5219 Hawthorne Pl. PHOTO COURTESY OF TINA MARQUART.jpg
Float house window in the French Quarter, 1225 Chartres St. PHOTO COURTESY CAITLIN SHOCKLEY.jpg
'Garden Party' float house, by neon artist Nate Sheaffer, 1200 Harmony St. 2.jpeg
Pete Fountain and Jester float house, 808 Napoleon Ave. 2.jpeg
Dat Dog restaurant float house, 3336 Magazine St. PHOTO COURTESY LAURIE G. FISHER.jpg
'We Are The Champions' Societe Des Champs Elysee float house PHOTO COURTESY DAVID ROE.jpg
'Krewe of Krowns' float house at the corner of Camp and Toledano Streets.jpeg
'Bacchagator' float house at 1905 Peniston St. 2 PHOTO COURTESY ASHLEY FOURNEAT.jpg
Krewe of House Floats do-it-yourself design at 3300 Lake Trail Dr., Metairie.jpg
'Garden of Eatin' Krewe of House Floats house at 4701 Bancroft Dr..jpeg
‘My Metry House’ 3708 Henecan Pl., Metairie 2 PHOTO COURTESY DONNA MARTELL.jpg
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'Candyland' house at 1128 Constantinople St. 2 PHOTO BY BRANDON XUEREB.jpg
Float house at 6016 St. Charles Ave.
'Mardi Gras Unleashed' a stationary Mardi Gras 'float' at 1013 N. Carrollton Ave.
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Bee Hive float house at 6016 St. Charles Ave..jpeg
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