Haint Blue, which actually encompasses a collection of colors from blue to green, is an iconic shade tha can be found adorning mansions and rural cabins across the South. And while the popularity of the color seems endless, few know the complicated history it entails.
For as many years as anyone can remember, this church had been leaning closer to obscurity until one day in 2020, she collapsed, taking most of her story with her.
[Claiborne County, MS]
The historic inn & plantation sits along the Natchez Trace and has been a refuge for travelers since 1780.
[Adams County, MS]
This church is a replica of the one-room structure that served a congregation of early settlers in the Mississippi Territory.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Built in the 1840s, this church sat at a significant crossroads during the Civil War.
This church from 1868 was destined to rot away in a Mississippi ghost town until it was relocated and given a new lease on life.
[Claiborne County, MS]
This federal-style mansion from the early 1800s rots away in Mississippi, despite its listing on the National Register, due to a bitter dispute between its owners and the city.
This Antebellum church still shows scars from the Civil War.
[Jefferson County, MS]
This ghost town sits like a time capsule at the end of an old dirt road.
[Jefferson County, MS]
These columns stand as ghostly reminders of one of the largest mansions that ever stood in the South.
[Claiborne County, MS]