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An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Pay your respects at this juke joint founded by a blues legend of the Mississippi Delta.

Steps from the site where Robert Johnson purportedly sold his soul to the Devil, you'll find this century-old barbecue joint.

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

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

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

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

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

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

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

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

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

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.

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

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

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