What is America? That’s a question that’s as easy to answer as it is expansive in Mississippi River Country. Here, you’ll find uniquely American attractions like Route 66 and riverside ballparks, as well as the locales from which the country’s greatest writers—Twain, Faulkner, Fitzgerald—took their inspiration.
Here’s a closer look at what to see and do in Tupelo, the birthplace of Elvis Presley and the headquarters of the historic Natchez Trace Parkway.
Architectural wonders fill this region, including dozens of works by Frank Lloyd Wright, antebellum homes in the south and the iconic Gateway Arch.
Head to Austin in southern Minnesota to learn about this locally produced meat that’s a household name around the world.
The iconic Route 66 runs for nearly 600 miles (965km) through Illinois and Missouri and takes travelers through history and culture of America.
The states along the southern Mississippi River contain a unique blend of history, elegance and fine dining unmatched by the rest of the country.
Explore Elvis’s Memphis home, travel to the Mississippi Delta and savor the musical mixing pot of the French Quarter in New Orleans.
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