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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Mississippi

74 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Mississippi

Updated April 21, 2025

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The grave of Florence Irene Ford.
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The Lucky Rabbit entrance
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Site in 2007 while the Reverend and his wife were still alive
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The hot tamale recipe started it all, but the steaks have kept this place very much on the map.
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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.
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.
Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Tupelo, Mississippi

Elvis Presley Birthplace

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
The grave of Florence Irene Ford.

Natchez, Mississippi

Grave of Florence Irene Ford

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

Flora, Mississippi

Mississippi Petrified Forest

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

Gulfport, Mississippi

Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
The guitars are flanked by stoplights.

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale Crossroads

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Rowan Oak: Front Entrance

Oxford, Mississippi

Rowan Oak

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi

Under-the-Hill Saloon

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

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.
The hot tamale recipe started it all, but the steaks have kept this place very much on the map.

Greenville, Mississippi

Doe's Eat Place

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.
The humble exterior.

Jackson, Mississippi

Big Apple Inn

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.
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The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Down Highway 61

Highway 61 is known as “The Blues Highway” as it makes its way from New Orleans to Memphis, following the Mississippi River through lands forged over eons, from the coastal swamps of Louisiana to the alluvial plains of the Delta, the highway connecting these landscapes to the human tales etched into the soil, telling the story of the Deep South through a journey of migration, transformation, and enduring spirit. In New Orleans, where I was born and raised, Highway 61 was the end of my known world. It was a road of short-stay motels, pawn shops, Bingo parlors, and a pervading sense of danger. It was the boundary of my childhood, of all that was safe and familiar. Years later, as an adult, I would come to know the highway as a conduit to the past, an artery of profound historical and cultural significance, invention and reinvention, of human dreams pinned to its asphalt, ever following the river like an acolyte to the great hand that carved both into the mythos of the South.

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Edna Nicole & Delta Ave command the room at Red’s in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

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Stories About Mississippi

Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery

A rare secret was taken to the grave in an unmarked, 100-year-old burial ground.
by Hannah Seo
April 24, 2024

What’s Inside the New Gastro Obscura Vending Machine?

The second iteration is filled with rare and unexpected treats from the American South.
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All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

Puzzle Monday: Secrets of the Original Code-Talkers

by Alex Bellos
June 6, 2022

Podcast: Mississippi River Basin Model

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team
August 17, 2021
Hamer (left) attending a Congressional session on a Mississippi election that disenfranchised Black voters.

The Civil Rights Icon Who Saw Freedom in Farming

Fannie Lou Hamer viewed co-ops as the foundation of political power.
by Mayukh Sen
June 15, 2021
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are an endangered species that live and nest in the Gulf of Mexico. This one was photographed on Padre Island.

Helping Endangered Sea Turtles, One Emergency Surgery at a Time

For a species on the brink of extinction, saving one life can make a big difference.
by Debra Moore and John Thomason
May 24, 2021
Charles Sledge: a police detective by day, a tamale master the rest of the time.

The Detective on the Case of the Perfect Hot Tamale

In the Mississippi Delta, a tragedy inspired Charles Sledge, police detective, down a tamale-making path.
by Justin Fornal
September 14, 2020
Performers Cote Deonath, Taylor Rodriguez, Ben Thompson and Jay Dupuis wait in a dressing room before performing at the Las Vegas Tribute Festival.

The Mississippi Town Where Elvis Tribute Artists Are Made

Tupelo, birthplace of The King, is the global hub for aspiring Jailhouse Rockers.
by Laura Kiniry
July 3, 2020

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