The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

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.

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

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

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

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.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

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

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

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

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

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

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

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.

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

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.