Montgomery, Alabama
Wounded Peace Dove Statue (VIOLATA PAX DOVE)
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Montgomery, Alabama
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.
Jackson, Mississippi
This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.
Starkville, Mississippi
Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.
Yazoo City, Mississippi
A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.
Quito, Mississippi
Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.
Greenville, Mississippi
One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.
Magnolia, Mississippi
A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.
Iuka, Mississippi
The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Natchez, Mississippi
The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Toomsuba, Mississippi
This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Natchez, Mississippi
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."
Flora, Mississippi
A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Leland, Mississippi
A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.