A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

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

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

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

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.