Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Mississippi

While in Mississippi, you might enjoy a visit to:

A local chainsaw artist has carved bears that resemble Teddy Roosevelt. The Teddy Bear was invented after TR refused to shoot a bear cub on a hunting trip near here.
~38 miles from Vicksburg.

14 feet tall, 8 feet deep, 4 feet wide, it's been around since 1956. There are no nearby houses, only flat farm fields.
~28 miles from Vicksburg.

The only petrified forest outside the east of the Mississippi, plus black light rocks. Open as an attraction since 1963. Petrified wood is Mississippi's official state rock.
~34 miles from Vicksburg.

Rodney was cursed by a fickle Mississippi River, a fire, and a railroad that went somewhere else.
~39 miles from Vicksburg.

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