Mississippi Travel Guide
Antebellum homes in Natchez. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Mississippi gave America the blues: the Delta's crossroads, Clarksdale's juke joints, the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, and the Grammy Museum in Cleveland. The Mississippi Blues Trail's 200+ markers map the whole story.
Natchez keeps 600+ antebellum buildings on the bluffs above the river. The Gulf Coast (Biloxi, Gulfport) runs on casinos, beaches and seafood. Oxford's Square is the college-town ideal, Faulkner's Rowan Oak included.
Destinations in Mississippi
Clarksdale juke jointsGround Zero and Red's: the living Delta blues.
NatchezAntebellum mansions on the bluffs; the spring and fall pilgrimages.- B.B. King Museum, IndianolaThe definitive blues museum.
- Vicksburg battlefieldThe 1863 siege site; the driving tour and the Cairo ironclad.
- OxfordThe Square, Rowan Oak and the Double Decker festival.
- Biloxi and GulfportCasinos, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum, shrimp boats.
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Top Cities & towns in Mississippi
Regional food
- Fried catfish (the Delta staple)
- Tamales (the Mississippi Delta's Mexican-Southern fusion)
- Comeback sauce (the Jackson-born condiment)
Getting there
Jackson (JAN) is the gateway; Gulfport (GPT) covers the coast. The Blues Trail is a driving route; Memphis airport often works for the Delta.