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Old Postcard of the Site

Jackson, Mississippi

The Mississippi River Basin Model

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

32.3053, -90.3143

Windsor Ruins

Claiborne County, Mississippi

Windsor Ruins

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

31.9409, -91.1295

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Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Leland, Mississippi

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

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

33.4119, -90.9142

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Rowan Oak: Front Entrance

Oxford, Mississippi

Rowan Oak

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

34.3598, -89.5247

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Site in 2007 while the Reverend and his wife were still alive

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Margaret's Grocery and Market

Four-Hour Holy-Rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern Gospel Service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

32.4107, -90.8421

Added by Joey Freshwater

Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Tupelo, Mississippi

Elvis Presley Birthplace

Two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo, Mississippi and birthplace of a King.

34.2600, -88.6800

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The Lady in Red's grave in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Lexington, Mississippi

Grave of the Lady in Red

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

33.1172, -90.0335

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Clarksdale Crossroads

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale Crossroads

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

34.1984, -90.5531

Added by EricGrundhauser

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Koolickles

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Koolickles

Dill pickles soaked in Kool-Aid? Oh, yeah!

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Slugburger

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Slugburger

No slugs were harmed in the making of this five-cent sandwich.

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Chitlins

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Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for African-American performers during the Jim Crow era.

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Boiled Green Peanuts

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Boiled Green Peanuts

Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.

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From left: Workers lower the 5.3-kiloton bomb used in the Salmon test into the ground; The second bomb was set off in the cavity gouged out by the first test two years earlier.

In the 1960s, the U.S. Government Set Off a Pair of Nukes Under Mississippi

It’s a nearly forgotten chapter of Cold War history that seems hard to fathom today—even for those who were there.

August 15, 2018

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