Natchez, Mississippi
Smoot’s Grocery Blues Lounge
Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.
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Natchez, Mississippi
Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Natchez, Mississippi
A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.
Natchez, Mississippi
Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Natchez, Mississippi
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.
Natchez, Mississippi
The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Pensacola, Florida
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
San Marcos, Texas
Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.
Eufaula, Alabama
An autonomous oak in Alabama.
Eufaula, Alabama
That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.
Americus, Georgia
HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.
Andersonville, Georgia
The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Cordele, Georgia
A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.
Lakeland, Florida
A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.