Mississippi Welcome Center
Main Street at 3rd Street
800-327-2868
This Victorian Home, turned Welcome Center was the birthplace of the famous author Tennessee Williams.
Friendship Cemetery
4th Street South & 13th Avenue
This is the location where the first Memorial Day was said to have been observed. Women of Columbus gathered to decorate the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers alike. A costumed Confederate Officer tells tales of famous crypt residents by candlelight.
Mississippi College for Women
This historic campus, along with its grand old brick buildings counts Eudora Welty among its distinguished alumnae.
River Park
185 Nash Road
Columbus, MS
(662) 327-4700
Bring the entire family for a splash at River Park!
Historic Houses
Convention & Visitors Bureau
800-327-2686
Columbus boasts more than 100 antebellum houses. Some are open for tours daily.
Riverhill Antiques
122 3rd Street South
601-329-2669
This shop occupies two Victorian houses and is full of antiques.
TennTom Waterway
601-328-3286
TennTom Waterway is a canal system that links the Tennessee and Tombridge Rivers with the Gulf of Mexico. Visitors can enjoy the Recreation areas, swimming beaches, campgrounds, and marinas.
Lake Lowdes State Park
6 miles Southeast of MS 69
601-328-9182
This 600-acre park invites its visitors to such activities as a swimming beach, water-skiing, fishing, boating, Nature trails, tennis, game fields, picnicking, playground, concession, indoor recreation complex and camping cabins.
Waverly Plantation
10 mi Northwest via US 45, MS 50 near West Point.
601-494-1399
Built in 1852 this mansion has two circular self-supporting stairways leading to a 65 ft. high, octagonal observation cupola. Original gold leaf mirrors and Italian marble mantels continue to adorn this Southern beauty.
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