A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.

Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs, turkey legs, and boiled peanuts.

Since 1939, this no-frills spot has been turning out perfectly seasoned renditions of a Delta staple.

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.