Meandering through ten states and covering a distance of around 3,766km, the USA’s most famous river acts as a thread connecting people and places - both with each other and the past. Collectively, the states that line the waterway are known as Mississippi River Country and are home to not one but five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, scattered both along the waterway and far from its banks.
Starting in Louisiana, where the river widens before spooling out into the Gulf of Mexico,
