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

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

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

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

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

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

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

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

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

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.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

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

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

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

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

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

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

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

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

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

Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

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