Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Charleston
Kids love the creepy dungeon, used as a prison for American patriots held by the British during the Revolutionary War. The cramped space sits beneath a…
Must-see attractions in Southern USA
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center
Cajun Country
This NPS-run museum has exhibits on rural life and Cajun culture, and shows a variety of documentaries explaining the history of the area. It's the…
International Motor Sports Hall of Fame
Alabama
Here are Richard Petty's Dodge Charger, Dale Earnhardt's motor home, several of Bobby Allison's stock cars plus his airplane, and an intriguing Budweiser…
Louisiana
Owners and docents alike perpetuate the idea that Myrtles is one of the most haunted houses in America. And hey, this place is certifiably creepy. Tours…
Gardens of the American Rose Center
Louisiana
If you're a rose lover, it would be a shame to miss these gardens, which contain more than 65 individual areas designed to show how roses can be grown in…
Alabama
A good chunk of Huntsville culture revolves around this beloved museum, which contains regional art from across the Southeast United States, as well as…
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Coastal North Carolina
The pirate Blackbeard was a frequent visitor to the Beaufort area in the early 1700s. In 1996, the wreckage of his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was…
South Carolina
Robert Mills is best known for designing the Washington Monument, and he's also the architect of this Classical Revival town house. The restored, stately…
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Kentucky
The museum moved into its shiny new riverfront digs in late 2018. Any banjo picker or fiddle fan will appreciate the two floors of exhibits, including…
Mississippi
Housed in Mississippi's first public school for African American children is the alma mater of Richard Wright, author of Black Boy among many other works…
Audubon Louisiana Nature Center
New Orleans
Out in New Orleans East, Audubon has opened a nature center aimed at teaching kids (and their parents) about the wetlands and forests of South Louisiana…
Atlanta
In addition to holding the graves of author Margeret Mitchell, golf great Bobby Jones and Atlanta’s first African American mayor, Maynard Jackson, Atlanta…
Cajun Country
At the understated, educational Acadian Village, you follow a brick path around a rippling bayou to restored houses, craftsman barns and a church. Old…
Outer Banks
A pleasant waterfront boardwalk with 27 shops and eateries dotted around it. Peruse local design shops, do a Village Yoga session, or grab a bottle of…
Arkansas
And now for something completely different: a museum dedicated to Star Wars. This fantastically geeky temple is the labor of love of one particularly…
Savannah
Architecturally striking (but what else would you expect from this school of design?), this brick, steel, concrete and glass longhouse delivers your…
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum/Burkle Estate
Memphis
This unimposing clapboard house is thought to have been a way station for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, complete with trapdoors, cellar…
Nashville
This prestigious university was founded in 1833 by railway magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt. The 330-acre campus buzzes with about 12,000 students on lush and…
Alabama
This refreshing nature preserve contains miles of easy paved trails that wind along the Flint River and nearby oxbow lakes. Playgrounds, riverbanks…
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Charleston
An outpost of the world's largest private collection of important original manuscripts and documents, housed in a former Methodist church built in 1856…
New Orleans
Jazz heads, and really anyone interested in New Orleans music, should pop into the Hogan Jazz Archive. Although most of its great wealth of material is…
Mississippi
A freed slave, Johnson produced 14 leather-bound diaries describing his life as a successful barber and community member in Natchez from 1835 to 1851…
Mississippi
Special exhibits are a highlight, covering a fascinating range of artists and styles, with a focus on Mississippi themes. Pottery from long-running…
Cajun Country
You can't get more end of the road than Cypremont Point, a lonely, windswept promontory of land buffeted by wind, seagull calls and foam spray off the…
South Carolina
One of South Carolina's most impressive collections of European and American art, the CMA was undergoing a $5- million permanent gallery expansion at the…
Florence/Lauderdale Visitor’s Center
Alabama
This well-appointed visitor center serves as something of a museum for the entire region, with flashy interactive displays on the Muscle Shoals sound, the…
Louisiana
Tunica Falls, technically called Clark Creek Nature Area, is about 30 minutes' drive from St Francisville. The pleasant, hilly trails here wind past…
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Alabama
This National Park Service site has been restored to its former glory as the training grounds and airfield for the first African American pilot candidates…
New Orleans
This eye-catching pavilion in City Park, built in 1907, is marked by Ionic columns and flanked by four lions. It looks like it was summoned via some time…
Louisiana
Kids – and adults in touch with their inner child – will have a ball in 'Louisiana's Science Center,' an enormous museum full of interactive exhibitions…
Louisiana
Several miles of boardwalk and forest trail wind through this nature preserve, which is popular with families looking to give little ones a place to…
Mississippi
Literature buffs should plan to tour the Pulitzer Prize–winning author's Tudor Revival house, where she lived for more than 75 years. It's now a true…
Birmingham
Alabama's largest state park sprawls over some 9940 acres of hill and valley terrain located about 20 miles south of Birmingham. There are over 50 miles…
Kentucky
It’s far cooler than you might think. The works hanging on the walls look more like photographs, or maybe oil paintings or stained glass, until you get…
Alabama
This museum, dedicated to the marine heritage of the Gulf, is full of interactive exhibits on nautical topics ranging from how to sail a boat to container…
Alabama
The battleship Alabama is a 690ft behemoth famous for escaping nine major WWII battles unscathed – the 'Lucky A' never lost any of its sailors while they…
Kentucky
After the Ohio River burst its banks and submerged Paducah in 1937, the town built a flood wall along the waterway. Murals now adorn a three-block stretch…
Nashville
A colorful dragon sculpture lurks in the heart of this busy park, luring hordes of small children eager to scramble over its serpentine back. There's also…
Arkansas
This fascinating museum has an intensive niche mission: telling the tale of the 20th-century American woman via her handbag. Hundreds of purses from 1900…
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
The Big Branch Marsh includes some 18,000 acres of protected pine flatwoods and marshland that houses gators, pelicans, egrets, swamp sparrows, purple…
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