June 29: Natchez, MS, with the Mississippi in the background
Isle of Capri Casino
Longwood, the largest octagonal house in the country; had the house been completed, the brick would have been plastered over and painted white
The outbreak of the Civil War halted construction permanently, and the family lived in the basement for the next 30 years
Emerald Mound, the second largest Indian mound in the country
Natchez Trace, an Indian trail and later part of a national road from Washington, DC to Natchez; Tennesseans would float their barges down to New Orleans, sell the goods, sell the barge for lumber, and walk back to Tennessee
Vicksburg, MS, site of a Civil War siege
Union soldiers mounted an unsuccessful assault on entrenched Confederate positions at the top of this ridge, making it to within a few feet before being repulsed
Zig-zag trench dug by the Union to approach the Confederate defenses
Each state has a memorial on the battlefield; Kentuckians fought on both sides, so the Kentucky memorial has statues of both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Reconstructed Union ironclad gunboat
July 1: Texas: Stopping by the side of the road for a computer troubleshooting call
Groom, TX: The 190-foot Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ
