Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Mississippi Off the Beaten Path shows you the Hospitality State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed. Take a stroll around The Square in Oxford, the quintessentially Southern town that inspired William Faulkner, John Grisham, and dozens of other acclaimed writers. - Go ghost-hunting at Waverly Plantation, a spectacular antebellum mansion rumored to be haunted by the lonely spirit of a lost little girl. - Tour the folk art masterpiece known as Margaret’s Grocery, a colorful, ramshackle structure named the Weirdest Roadside Attraction in Mississippi. - So if you've "been there, done that" one too many times, forget the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path. Local author Marlo Kirkpatrick takes a different fork in the road. Kirkpatrick’s Mississippi Off the Beaten Path spices up the journey with locales—as well as personal experiences, trivia, and tales—that lean toward the offbeat and Southern gothic. —Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) ― Clarion Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Mississippi Off the Beaten Path shows you the Hospitality State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew existed. -Take a stroll around The Square in Oxford, the quintessentially Southern town that inspired William Faulkner, John Grisham, and dozens of other acclaimed writers. -Go ghost-hunting at Waverly Plantation, a spectacular antebellum mansion rumored to be haunted by the lonely spirit of a lost little girl. -Tour the folk art masterpiece known as Margaret's Grocery, a colorful, ramshackle structure named the Weirdest Roadside Attraction in Mississippi. So if you've "been there, done that" one too many times, forget the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path. Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick has called Mississippi home for more than thirty years. She enjoys travel to destinations ranging from the Amazon rain forests to the cathedrals of Europe, from the deserts of the Middle East to the wilds of Africa, but Mississippi remains her favorite off-the-beaten-path location. Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick has called Mississippi home for more than thirty years. Her other titles include It Happened in Mississippi, Sanctuary, Lost in the Amazon, Romancing the Rain, and Wilder Mississippi. Marlo enjoys travel to destinations ranging from the Amazon rainforests to the cathedrals of Europe, from the deserts of the Middle East to the wilds of Africa, but Mississippi remains her favorite off-the-beaten-path location.