WWII Japanese American Internment Museum
Arkansas
During World War II, Japanese Americans were rounded up and evicted from their homes and businesses and sent to live in internment camps. One of these…
Must-see attractions in Southern USA
Alabama
New Orleans gets all the attention, but Mobile technically threw the first Mardi Gras and carnival season in the USA (or what would become the USA). This…
Alabama
This small museum will appeal to regional history enthusiasts. The permanent exhibition is all about Fairhope's past: as a utopian colony for believers in…
Tennessee
A cluster of antique shops and down-home restaurants bring visitors by the carload to the historic district of this bustling hamlet. Hugging Nolensville…
Alabama
This attractive mansion was Mobile's first courthouse and jail, and then the aristocratic home of the Kirkbride family. Now it stands as a historic home…
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
Alabama
While it's primarily a working research area, the Museum of Natural History is filled with publicly displayed goodies: a fantastic collection of marine…
Kreher Preserve & Nature Center
Alabama
This 120-acre nature reserve encompasses seven natural habitats and includes a wildflower trail, waterfall and butterfly gardens. Interpretive kiosks and…
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Alabama
The historic campus of Tuskegee University is considered its own historic site of national importance. Here you'll find a small museum dedicated to George…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The homestead farthest from the Cades Cove Loop Rd, this multi-building property sits at the end of a half-mile stroll through the woods. The cabin was…
Memphis
On the corner of 4th St, this shotgun shack once belonged to the composer called the 'father of the blues.' He was the first to transpose the 12 bars and…
Louisiana
Artspace is a nice shot of creative energy and arts-based civic mindedness for downtown Shreveport. Changing gallery exhibitions, poetry readings,…
Atlanta
Atlanta has the largest Jewish population in the South (outside of South Florida, which is its own region). The Breman Museum explores this history of…
International Museum of Muslim Cultures
Mississippi
This small museum has a few interesting exhibitions on Timbuktu and Moorish Spain, and hosts rotating exhibitions on other Muslim majority societies…
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
Arkansas
This museum showcases two World War 2–era vessels – the Hoga, a tugboat that was present at Pearl Harbor, and the Razorback, a submarine that served…
New Orleans
Behind a handsome wrought-iron fence, this papaya-hued house was named for the Louisiana historian and author who lived here from 1905 to 1932. It was…
Nashville
Just west of downtown, sections of 16th and 17th Aves, called Music Sq West and Music Sq East, are home to the production companies, record labels, agents…
Alabama
This is the most commercial beach-y bar in greater Gulf Shores. You'll find open-air pavilions, picnic areas, volleyball nets, and during the summer, a…
Cajun Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Cajun Country
This small collection of instruments and cultural ephemera feels a little cluttered, but you're witnessing a pretty fascinating trove of material Cajun…
Nashville
A creek, a hollow and a thick forest are your scenic distractions on a hike through this pleasantly rugged park 15 miles north of downtown. You won't have…
New Orleans
There are no rides at Storyland, located next to Carousel Gardens, but the fairy-tale statuary provides plenty of fuel for young imaginations. Children…
Savannah
Florence Martus, aka the Waving Girl, was known for greeting passing ships by waving a handkerchief by day and a lantern by night for more than 40 years…
Arkansas
Learn about the sinful glory days of Prohibition, when this small town in the middle of nowhere turned into a hotbed of lavish wealth thanks to Chicago…
Mississippi
The state's Greek Revival capitol building from 1839 to 1903 now houses a Mississippi history museum filled with films and exhibits. You'll learn that…
Alabama
This museum, located near the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, tells the tale of the Selma to Montgomery march, and includes exhibits on women's suffrage…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This two-tiered stone-walled structure overlooking two states commemorates the $5 million contribution John D Rockefeller Jr made to help make the…
Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Louisiana
This multifaceted museum has exhibitions on everything from space and ancient Egypt to dinosaurs and photography. It's a good spot to take the kids, or…
Alabama
Few artists have influenced a genre like Hank Williams has impacted country music. This small museum, located in the heart of downtown Montgomery, is…
New Orleans
The Fly is a popular spot for river viewing, picnics, Frisbee tossing, or just plain lazing about. Joggers trot by, families push strollers or release…
Charlotte
This small park celebrates the African American artist and writer Romare Bearden, born in Charlotte in 1911. A pretty spot to admire the Uptown skyline or…
Memphis
Give the kids a chance to let loose and play in, on and with exhibits such as an airplane cockpit or an earthquake 'shake' table at this museum targeted…
Alabama
This gem of a library occupies an enormous building and boasts several classic reading rooms with nice views looking out onto town. It also has an…
Laurel Valley Village Plantation
Cajun Country
Among the cane fields, about 2 miles east of town on Hwy 308, this is one of the best-preserved assemblages of sugar-plantation structures in Louisiana…
Alabama
Studio spaces and arts classes are contained within this art center, which is a focal point of Fairhope's First Friday Arts Walk. Rotating exhibits…
Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center
Cajun Country
Squatting sleepily alongside Hwy 49, Opelousas' historic downtown is home to this grandma's attic of exhibits, artifacts and esoterica related to the town…
Memphis
Pop in here to learn a little bit more about the cultural and natural history of the Big Muddy. Be sure to check out the scale model of the lower…
Kentucky
Lincoln's birthplace has a replica of the single-room log cabin where he was born, enshrined in a neoclassical building that mimics his famed memorial in…
Alabama
The University of Alabama's college-football hall of fame is a time capsule of all things pigskin. Named for the state's hero-coach 'Bear' Bryant, this…
Charlotte
This thriving Uptown art museum was named in honor of former city mayor and civil rights champion Harvey Gannt. Its three small galleries host changing…
New Orleans
In New Orleans East, the Mary Queen of Vietnam Church is a focal point for the Catholic Vietnamese community. The best time to visit is during Tet …
Mississippi
Tucked way back in Lefleur's Bluff State Park is this museum, which houses exhibits on the natural flora and fauna of Mississippi. It also has aquariums,…
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