Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

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

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.

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

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

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

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

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

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

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

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

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

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

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.