Mississippi Roads goes a little wild in this episode. We paddle through the ancient cypress trees of Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area and learn why these trees are so important to our state. We pick a passel of mushrooms at an agritourism farm in Poplarville. The tortoise is on the slow road to recovery when we visit a turtle rehab facility in Jackson.

We look at some individuals who’ve turned their passion to art. Photographer T. J. Legler is shining bright with his light paintings. Master Knife Maker, Paul LeBatard, gets to the point on how he makes his famous knives in Vancleave and we visit Judy Noble and her collection of Faberge eggs.

Mississippi Roads rosin’s up the bow as we explore the tradition of fiddle bands in Mississippi. We tag along with the Southern Strings Dulcimer Club of Petal at their annual festival. We discuss music with the conductor of the Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Jay Dean.

The Mississippi Art Colony is the oldest artist run organization in the country. We visit The Mississippi School of the Arts in Brookhaven and see how future artists get their start. We tag along with Michael Roy as he leaves his mark on the world with a can of spray paint.

We experience history and honor as we visit the John Ford home in Marion County, one of oldest homes in the state. We explore a lost cemetery brought back to life in Port Gibson, and we walk The Trail of Honor in Jackson, featuring living history demonstrations of every American War.

We investigate what’s behind the Little Lending Libraries popping up around the state. We study Big House Books, the organization that sends books to prisons to promote literacy. The annual Mississippi Book Festival draws a crowd to the city of Jackson.

We go back to the Blues in this episode as we visit Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art in Clarksdale. We visit with one of the youngest and most talented musicians in the country, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. We get a unique perspective on the Mississippi Delta with Delta Bohemian Tours.

We’re going retro as we visit some fun things from our past that are making a comeback. We shop First Monday Trade Days, the state’s largest flea market in Ripley. We get a bite to eat at a Food Truck Mash Up, watch a movie at the state’s last drive-in and go fly a kite on the coast.

We go rope climbing and zip lining at Old Mountain Outdoor Adventures in Winona. We pay a visit to a kid’s summer music camp in Poplarville. We also go to Healthworks! Kids Museum in Tupelo, and we see what it takes to be a Rocket builder with some high school students in Amory.

We visit some of the prestigious archives housed in our public universities. De Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi, The Blues Archives at the University of Mississippi and The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University.

It’s a taste of different international cultures brought to Mississippi. Artists from Colombia, South America share their mural painting talents with the city of Clarksdale. We find inner peace at Magnolia Grove Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Batesville, Mississippi, and we attend Holi Fest at the Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi in Jackson.

We focus on small museums in Mississippi, like the Mississippi Heritage Industrial Museum housed in the historic Soule Steam Works factory in Meridian. We check out the American Contract Bridge League Museum in Horn Lake. We follow the tracks to the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum in Gulfport and we explore a vintage motorcycle museum in Corinth.

We visit the Arts and Entertainment Experience (The MAX) in Meridian. We attend the GOAT festival and learn about musician Otha Turner from granddaughter, Shardé Thomas of The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band. We drive down Rockabilly Highway, and rock out at Brookstock in Brookhaven.