Known As “The Hospitality City”, The Small Town Of Waveland, Mississippi Is Surrounded By Natural Beauty

It's the perfect beach town to check out if you want to avoid the crowds.

This beautiful state park gives you the best of both worlds. The 1.8-mile nature trail takes you through the wetlands with a chance to check out the local wildlife and more.

There's also an 18-hole disc golf course here too, in case you want to challenge your loved ones to a game or two!

While people tend to think of Hurricane Katrina with New Orleans, keep in mind that the entire Gulf Coast was affected, especially Mississippi. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 between Bay St. Louis and Waveland, and continued its path of destruction up the entire state. All 82 counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas. The museum is actually the only building that still stands on Main Street after the hurricane.

This is one of those insider restaurants where you won't find a website or much online...these folks get by through word of mouth.

Mississippi is known to have some of the best fried catfish in the country, and this place might just have some of the best in the state!

Bonus points if you've got your favorite beverage in hand. Sunsets on the beach are just different--if you know you know!