Few American cities offer an in-depth look at the lives of southerners like Natchez, Mississippi. Founded in 1716, Natchez is the oldest city on the Mississippi River, known for its...

Stanton Hall is a Greek Revival mansion that was built in Natchez during 1851–1857 for Frederick Stanton, a family physician, a wealthy planter, and a cotton broker [represents other planters]....

We saw the following sign as we drove along the parkway and had no idea what it was about. Our question was: do we keep on driving, or do we...

Natchez, Mississippi, is famous for the number of well-preserved antebellum mansions (part 10), its role as the starting point of the historic Natchez Trace Parkway (this post), its deep history...

On our last day in Biloxi, we took in the Visitors Center that’s next to the lighthouse we’ve shown you. We walked through the history of the city from the...