Take a short road trip to see rocket engines, demonstrations of commercial shrimping, oystering, fishing, pre-Civil War hotel, Sandhill Crane Refuge, and Scranton Floating Museum.
This is a short drive, but there are so many good occasions to stop and see or do things that it will take at least a day to achieve most of them. If you stop for all the interesting places along this drive, you will need one week, but it’s worth doing as they are all good. Begin at the NASA Test Site next to the first I-10 exit out of Louisiana. At the NASA Center, you might see, or at least hear, rocket engines being experimented and see some excellent exhibits. Next, drive south on Route 607 for about 20 miles to Bay Saint Louis.
By this time, Route 607 has become U.S. 90. Follow U.S. 90 for 55 miles through Biloxi, Gulfport, and Ocean Springs to Pascagoula. At both Biloxi (1115 Porter Avenue) and Gulfport (702 E. Beach Blvd.), there are Read more . . .
Originally a section of a 19th Century Spanish frontier trail, this 109-mile, 3-hour trip through southern Louisiana Cajun country is best accomplished in the spring and fall, as summers are naturally hot and humid. Begin in Houma, the center of Terrebonne Parish and a seat of Cajun tradition. Feast on some of the local etouffe, gumbo, or jambalaya before heading west on Bayou Black Drive (U.S. 90), skirting the bayou. Colorful operators along the way provide tours of the Atchafalaya Basin, North America’s biggest river-basin swamp. Outside Houma, look for the turnoff on the right for Wildlife Gardens, which features swamp tours, an alligator farm, and trapper’s cabin. 
The Georgia coastline is interlaced with shrimping villages, swamps, salt marshes, and tidal estuaries, all linked by a maze of bridges and causeways leading to the state’s “golden isles.” This string of barrier islands features posh resorts and coastal salt marshes. The tour begins in Jekyll Island, a former winter playground for the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, and Morgans. Tag along the Jekyll Island Causeway (Route 520) to U.S. 17, and head north to Brunswick. Founded in 1771, Brunswick is one of Georgia’s largest oystering and shrimping ports. Its Old Town is lined with renovated historic homes. To the east and north, you will locate the Marshes of Glynn, one of the most biologically diverse environments anywhere. 
This is indeed a picturesque byway that rings through the Chattahoochee National Forest, heading up to the highest peak in Georgia. The drive departs from the village of Helen, a former sawmill town that’s been reinvented as a Bavarian village with German-style shops, inns, and restaurants. From Helen, head north on Rte. 17/75 which hugs the shores of the Chattahoochee River at the southern end of the forest.
This 3.5-hour, 103-mile drive never drifts far from the famous blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico and its string of white sandy beaches. The long drive showcases rows of live oaks and the sporadic tourist strip. Since this drive begins in Pensacola, home to a historical naval air station, stop by the Pensacola Historical Museum for an in-depth look at the town’s colorful history. You’re in for a taste of the real South, at Seville Square (between S. Alcaniz and E. Government), one of Pensacola’s three historic districts.