This Mississippi Ice Cream Shop Scoops House-Made Flavors Like Banana Pudding And Honey Lavender
A plain little storefront on a busy Mississippi road does not look like much when you first pull in. Then you step inside and see…
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Few People Knew About This Mississippi Lagoon Until Word Finally Started Spreading
Sometimes the things that stay hidden the longest become even more valuable once they’re finally discovered. This Mississippi lagoon fits that description perfectly, known by…
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This Family-Run Delta Steak House In Mississippi Started As A Grocery Counter And Still Serves Porterhouses Made For Sharing
You would never guess that a plain little building on a quiet Mississippi street could be worth a long drive. The front door opens right…
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From The Delta To The Gulf, These Mississippi Barbecue Joints Still Feed The Whole Family For Around $40
Smoke drifting across a parking lot is how most good barbecue stories in Mississippi begin, and mine usually start with a hungry car full of…
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The Mississippi Soul Food Spot Where One Plate Feeds Three And The Leftovers Taste Even Better Tomorrow
We only pulled off the highway to stretch our legs and find a quick lunch. What we found instead was a small Mississippi kitchen handing…
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This Humane Society In Tupelo, Mississippi Gives Hundreds Of Homeless Pets A Safe Place To Wait For Family
I pulled off a busy road in northeast Mississippi expecting a quick stop and a plain building. Instead, I found rows of wagging tails, curious…
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Mississippi Grandparents Remember These 5 Small-Town Soda Fountains, And They Still Pour Malts Today
A quick stop for a cold drink on a hot Mississippi afternoon turned into something I did not expect: a spinning stool, a chrome counter,…
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These 7 Mississippi Town Cafes Pack More Charm Than Most Big Cities
A quick coffee stop turned into a two-hour breakfast, and that is how this list got started. Small towns across Mississippi hide cafes with creaky…
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This Grand Old Mississippi Church In Port Gibson Wears A Golden Hand Pointing Straight To Heaven
I only pulled over because I needed a snack and a stretch, and then I looked up. A giant golden hand was pointing at the…
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This Old-School Mississippi Drive-In Still Lights Up The Screen Every Weekend While Families Watch From Truck Beds
We pulled over for gas and a snack in northeast Mississippi, and a giant white screen rising over the trees stopped us cold. A hand-lettered…
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Mississippi Still Has 6 Old-School Diners Where Breakfast Costs Less Than A Drive-Thru Combo
A skipped exit and a growling stomach once led me to a plain little counter in Mississippi, and the biscuit that came out of that…
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This Three-Story Museum On The Mississippi Gulf Coast Kept Our Kids Busy For Two Hours With Boats And Shrimp Nets
We only pulled over because the kids were asking about the shrimp boats bobbing in the harbor, and we figured a quick look would buy…
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Mississippi Has 7 Sanctuaries, Farms, And Safari Parks Where Animals Wander Right Up To Your Family
I pulled off a quiet two-lane road in Mississippi expecting a quick stretch break and ended up nose to nose with a camel. That surprise…
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Saturday Mornings At These 7 Mississippi Farmers Markets Mean Tomatoes, Peas, And Jam For Less Than Grocery Prices
A paper sack of okra, two tomatoes still warm from the sun, and a jar of honey, all for less than a drive-thru combo meal….
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This Cash-Only Mississippi Drive-In Has Been Serving Doughburgers And Onion Rings Since 1945
We only pulled over because the sign looked older than our grandparents and our stomachs were growling. What we found in northeast Mississippi was a…
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Every Table Spins At This McComb, Mississippi Restaurant Where The Fried Chicken Keeps Coming Back Around
Picture sitting down to lunch in Mississippi at a table the size of a small trampoline, with ten people you have never met and a…
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This Free-To-Browse Mississippi Flea Market Has Been Keeping Gulf Coast Families Busy Bargain Hunting For Three Decades
We only pulled off the interstate for a quick stretch and a snack, and we ended up staying until the sun dipped low. What looked…
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This Little Mississippi Pie Counter Still Fries A Kentucky Coal Country Recipe Three Generations Later
A strip mall parking lot is not where anyone expects to find a family recipe that started in Kentucky coal country. Yet one quick lunch…
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Mississippi’s Only Cat Cafe Up North Gives Southaven Families A Room Full Of Rescued Cats To Love
Coffee was the plan, and a quick one at that. Then a little storefront in north Mississippi promised cats along with my latte, and the…
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Bring $40 To These 6 Massive Mississippi Flea Markets And Drive Home With A Loaded Trunk
Forty dollars does not sound like much until you watch it turn into a trunk full of treasures before the lunch crowd even shows up….
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These 7 Massive Mississippi Antique Malls Turn A Rainy Saturday Into An All-Day Treasure Hunt
A quick pit stop for a cold drink was the whole plan, until a plain-looking building off a Mississippi highway swallowed three hours of my…
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The Pastry Cases At These 7 Old-Fashioned Mississippi Bakeries Are Reason Enough To Stop
The first clue was the smell: warm butter drifting out of a plain little storefront, the kind of place you could drive past a hundred…
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Visitors Walk Among Real Fossils, Rocks, And Minerals At This Little Mississippi Geology Museum
I only meant to kill a spare hour on a college campus in Mississippi, and I ended up nose to nose with a Triceratops skull….
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This Free Natchez Trace Visitor Center Near Tupelo, Mississippi Turns A Quick Restroom Stop Into A Family Afternoon
I pulled off a quiet two-lane road in north Mississippi looking for a restroom and a paper map. An hour later, I walked out knowing…
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This Humble Rescue In Jackson, Mississippi Has Been Giving Homeless Pets A Second Chance Since 1969
Nobody plans a Saturday around a shelter parking lot, but that is exactly where our morning in Mississippi took an unexpected turn. We had stopped…
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People Drive Across Mississippi Just To Load Up Their Plates At This Legendary Small-Town Buffet
Nobody warned me that a quiet old house under the oaks would serve one of the most memorable catfish suppers in Mississippi. I pulled in…
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Antiques And Vintage Treasures Wait At These 8 Mississippi Antique Malls On Highway 49
Hunger got me off the highway, but curiosity kept me there. A plain metal building with a hand-lettered sign promised antiques, and an hour later…
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These 7 Mississippi Bowling Alleys Turn A Rainy Saturday Into Cheap Fun For Kids And Grandparents Alike
A soggy Saturday in Mississippi once sent me hunting for anything indoors that would not empty my wallet, and I ended up at a plain…
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Pack Snacks For These 8 Mississippi Springs And Creeks Where Autumn Picnics Cost Nothing
A bag of apples, a sleeve of crackers, and a wrong turn once led me to a creek so quiet I forgot about lunch for…
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This Humble Grocery Counter In Oxford, Mississippi Grills Crispy-Edged Cheeseburgers That Are Worth The Drive
The building looked like it might sell bread and bait, not one of the best burgers in north Mississippi. We pulled in hungry and a…
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Mississippi Still Has 7 Breakfast Spots Where Plate-Sized Pancake Stacks Come At Prices Inflation Forgot
Pancakes rarely arrive with fanfare in Mississippi. They show up on thick white plates at chrome counters and small cafes, often inside buildings that look…
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The Fried Shrimp Basket At This Unassuming Mississippi Seafood Shack Keeps Families Driving In From Across The State
A plain little building on a quiet side road did not look like much from the parking lot. Then the smell of hot fryer oil…
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Mississippi Kids Hunt Vintage Toys And Comic Books For Pocket Change At These Seven Secondhand Shops
Pocket change goes a long way when the shelves are stacked with old action figures and comic books nobody has touched in years. I learned…
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A Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride Through Historic Natchez, Mississippi Turns 45 Slow Minutes Into The Whole Family’s Favorite Memory
We only stopped because the kids heard hooves on the pavement. A few minutes later, all of us were packed onto a carriage bench behind…
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This Mississippi Bakery Has Been Baking Tea Cakes And Sweets From Scratch Since 1962
My plan was to grab a quick coffee and keep driving through Mississippi, but a flash of pink paint on a busy street changed everything….
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12 Mississippi Day Trips That Prove You Never Need A Plane Ticket For A Real Getaway
It started with a wrong turn, a growling stomach, and a gravel lot I almost drove right past. An hour later, I was standing somewhere…
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Truckers And Families Share The Counter At This Tunica, Mississippi Diner Serving Breakfast Since 1924
A faded sign promising down home cooking was the only reason we slowed down on a flat Delta highway in Mississippi. Inside, the smell of…
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This 1800s Village In Mississippi Lets Kids Watch Blacksmiths Hammer Iron And Corn Get Ground By Hand
Hearing a hammer strike metal was the last thing I expected along a quiet highway in Mississippi. A short turn off the road led to…
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Rescued Bison Graze Right Beside The Tour Bus At This Tupelo, Mississippi Park And Zoo
A bison nose the size of a dinner plate pressing against a car window is not what most folks picture when they plan a cheap…
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These 7 Mississippi Swimming Holes Keep Kids Splashing From Breakfast To Sunset And Never Charge A Cent
Our cooler was half-empty and the car thermometer read triple digits when a gravel pullout off a Mississippi back road led us to cold, clear…
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This 40-Acre Farm Museum In Mississippi Packs Goats, A Grist Mill, And A Whole 1920s Town Into One Ticket
Goat bleats were not on my list of expected sounds for a weekday morning just off a busy Mississippi road. Yet a short walk past…
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This Mississippi Model Train Museum Keeps Kids And Grandparents Exploring Elaborate Layouts Until Closing Time
Our plan that afternoon was simple: find air conditioning, find a snack, and keep a restless grandkid from melting in the Mississippi heat. The low…
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The Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls From This Tiny Mississippi Home Bakery Are Worth Ordering Ahead For
Anybody who has spent years buying sad, crumbly gluten-free pastries off a grocery shelf knows the particular disappointment of paying good money for something that…
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Mississippi Families Still Drive An Hour For These 7 Buffets Where A Full Plate Costs Less Than A Movie Ticket
My plan was a quick sandwich and back on the road, but the parking lot was full of work trucks and church vans, which is…
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Carloads Still Watch New Releases Under The Stars At This Old-School Drive-In Near Delta, Mississippi
Driving flat farm roads in northwest Mississippi at dusk, you expect cotton fields and maybe a catfish plate, not a movie screen glowing above the…
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You Need A Full Weekend To Work Through The Antique Shops Packed Into This Tiny Mississippi Town
I pulled off an eastern Mississippi highway expecting nothing more than a leg stretch and a sandwich, and lost most of an afternoon to a…
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This Mississippi Restaurant Has Been Making The Same Black Bottom Pie Since 1870, And Five Generations Of Meridian Families Still Order It
My stomach was growling somewhere on a Mississippi highway when a brick storefront downtown pulled me in out of pure curiosity. Inside, a little crock…
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Rainy Saturdays Turn Into All-Day Play At This Gulfport, Mississippi Children’s Museum
Rain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has a way of wrecking weekend plans, especially when you have kids who woke up with energy to burn….
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9 Small Mississippi Kitchens Where A Plate Lunch Still Comes With Cornbread And Cobbler
The smell hit me before I even got the screen door open, somewhere off a two-lane road in Mississippi where the parking lot was gravel…
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Every Fall This Mississippi Pumpkin Patch Near Tupelo Turns Into A Wonderland Of Wagon Rides And Sunflowers
Driving the back roads of north Mississippi in October, you pass cotton fields, catfish ponds, and the occasional hand-lettered sign nailed to a fence post….
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This Mississippi Campus Store Sells Student-Made Ice Cream And Wax-Coated Cheese Balls, A Tradition Since 1938
A university campus in east-central Mississippi hides a working dairy plant behind an ordinary academic building, and the whole place smells faintly of cold cream…
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Seven Free Stops Along The Natchez Trace In Mississippi Turn One Drive Into A Whole Day
A two-lane road through Mississippi with no billboards, no traffic lights, and no trucks sounds almost too quiet to be interesting. Then you pull into…
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This Mississippi Rescue Center Lets Kids Watch Sea Turtles And Dolphins Heal Before They Return To The Gulf
My plan for that Saturday was beach traffic and a gas station sandwich, until a hand-lettered arrow pointed inland toward a cluster of low buildings…
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This Mississippi Steakhouse Is So Good, Locals Cannot Stop Spreading The Word
Word about a certain steakhouse won’t stop spreading, and it’s honestly that good. Mississippi keeps handing out titles for best steaks, and one small kitchen…
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You Walk Past 36-Million-Year-Old Logs On A Short Trail At This Flora, Mississippi Forest
Half an hour north of Jackson, a gravel road in Mississippi leads to a place most folks drive right past without ever knowing what sits…
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Twenty Dollars At This Working Mississippi Peanut Farm Buys A Corn Maze, A Wagon Ride, And A Pumpkin To Take Home
Driving through the piney woods of southeast Mississippi, you pass field after field of peanuts and soybeans without thinking much about them. Then one farm…
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This Little Mississippi Donut Shop Still Fries $1.50 Potato-Flour Donuts From A Family Recipe Dating To 1960
The smell hits you before the sign does. Walk a block in one small coastal Mississippi town on a Saturday morning and you will catch…
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This No-Frills Mississippi Greasy Spoon Serves A Fresh-Cooked Breakfast Of Eggs And Hash Browns At Very Reasonable Prices
Driving a stretch of central Mississippi road early on a Saturday, hungry and not expecting much, you can pass a small strip-center restaurant with the…
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Antique Shops Outnumber Stoplights In These Seven Tiny Mississippi Towns Made For A Slow Saturday
My plan was a quick tank of gas and a bathroom break, and instead I spent two hours in a Mississippi storefront running my hand…
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8 Unfussy Mississippi Cafes Where A Plate Lunch Still Costs Less Than A Movie Ticket
My favorite meals in Mississippi have almost never come from a place with a fancy sign out front. They come from counters where the day’s…
