11 real sites worth the drive — the state capitol, battlefields, monuments, and founding-era landmarks — each with why it actually matters, not just a pin on a map.
Mississippi State Capitol
Jackson, MS
Jackson's 1903 "New Capitol" was modeled after the U.S. Capitol and topped with a gilded eagle.
Get Directions →Old Capitol Museum
Jackson, MS
The 1839 Greek Revival capitol where Mississippi voted to secede in 1861, now a museum of the state's history.
Get Directions →Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg, MS
The site of a 47-day Civil War siege that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
Get Directions →Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Baldwyn, MS
The site of Nathan Bedford Forrest's June 10, 1864 victory over a much larger Union force.
Get Directions →Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
Corinth, MS
Part of Shiloh National Military Park, telling the story of the railroad crossing both armies fought for in 1862.
Get Directions →Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS
444 miles of parkway following a trail walked by Choctaw, Chickasaw and Kaintuck boatmen.
Get Directions →Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
Jackson, MS
The home where civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot in his driveway in 1963.
Get Directions →Windsor Ruins
Port Gibson, MS
Twenty-three Corinthian columns standing in the woods, all that remain of an 1861 mansion that burned in 1890.
Get Directions →Natchez National Historical Park
Natchez, MS
Melrose estate and the home of William Johnson, a free Black barber whose diary recorded antebellum Natchez.
Get Directions →Elvis Presley Birthplace
Tupelo, MS
The two-room house where Elvis Presley was born in 1935, with the church where he first sang.
Get Directions →Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Jackson, MS
A state museum opened in 2017 on the movement in Mississippi, from 1945 to 1976.
Get Directions →Mississippi has 11 sites on our list: Mississippi State Capitol, Vicksburg National Military Park, Natchez Trace Parkway, Elvis Presley Birthplace, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and more — spanning state capitols, battlefields, historic sites, roadside americana.
Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg. One of the war's true turning points, on the same week as Gettysburg — walk both fields to see the whole story.
Yes — Jackson's 1903 "New Capitol" was modeled after the U.S. Capitol and topped with a gilded eagle. A clear architectural nod — this state wanted its capitol to echo the nation's.
Natchez Trace Parkway, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum — hands-on history that works for a family day trip.
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