Natchez

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Situated on the Mississippi River, right opposite Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was the first capital of Mississippi because of its area. The city was named after the Natchez Native American clan.

Today it is notable for its dazzling and all around saved before the war design, including the Longwood home, with its resplendent domed top, and the Dunleith manor, with tall white points of support on the veranda that will cause guests to feel like they are in a scene from Gone with the Wind.

Guests can likewise look at the Grand Village of the Natchez to figure out how the nearby Native Americans lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds of years.