North America: USA: Mississippi

Travel Stories

• Natchez - Learn about cotton at Frogmore Plantation and the best bar on the Mississippi, the Bar Under the Hill.

• Natchez, Mississippi - Natchez has an unusual view of the river and it has been here almost 200 years. The hill is high but buses provided the way to a house tour that explained more of the economic impact of the war and the strength of the people. History was typically never like this in school: fun a

• Vicksburg - The site of one of the biggest battles of the Gettysburg war with dozens of monuments to show for it.

• Vicksburg, Mississippi - We have all heard of Vicksburg but here our reporters get a different slant with a tour of the Army Corps of Engineers laboratory and a walk through town. When the steamboat leaves, the calliope plays and the world now knows where we are!