Natchez
Anyone could be forgiven for expecting to see Tom Sawyer painting a fence while wandering around Natchez, the lovely languid town on the Mississippi River, which preserves the riverside ambience of the plantation days. Today the paddle steamers on the river carry casinos rather than cotton, adding to the fun of a holiday in Natchez,more which is packed with beautiful antebellum mansions and surrounded by old Indian trails to be explored.