Historic Sites

Built as the Armour Smokehouse in 1906 this legendary Jackson landmark is a true icon of Mississippi's rich heritage. The...

Built by the Stein family in the1920's, this unusual building consists of sixteen pie shape rooms in which local planters...

Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum - Jackson is a living-history farm, a recreated 1920s cotton-economy-era town & local historical artifacts....

This is a large swinging style suspension bridge with riveted, latticed, and laced suspension towers. The bridge was built in...

The War Memorial Building stands tall in Jackson, Mississippi. The building serves as a monument to the many Mississippi men...

Completed in 1856 for Margaret Johnson, the 30 room Italianate mansion was one of only a few antebellum homes of...

The Queen of Hearts, a primary venue for down-home blues in Jackson, opened at this location in the 1970s. During...

  GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, a native of Jackson, is known for her broad explorations of various forms...

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence...

Est. 1948 by Carey and Mary Holmes, the Blue Front Cafe is the oldest juke joint in Mississippi and is...