When you're ready to explore the capitalists of the old world again, I think it's worth adding someplace a bit off the beaten path to your itinerary, like Zagreb in Croatia.

Walk through the upper town in the evening when the original 239 gas lights are lighted.

It brings you right back into the 1800s.

Visit one of Mississippi's most distinctive communities where there's more than Antibellum

mansions and garden parties beneath the surface.

The more time I spent there, the more Natche started to seem like a kind of microcosm of America

when it comes to the legacy of slavery and race. And for a little nature

therapy, did you know there are more national parks than there are states across the USA?

They are literally are common ground in that they are owned and paid for by all of us.

From the old world to the New South and picking your favorite national parks. Let's see what we can discover today on Travel with Rick Steeves.

Hey, I'm Rick Steeves.

In my latest book, For the Love love of Europe I share highlights of a lifetime

of exploring Europe my favorite experiences sites and encounters in a hundred essays.

Order your copy today at Ricksteeves.com. We'll find out what writer Richard Grant

learned about the people of Natchez, including a few of its unforgettable characters and

why the town is often called Mississippi's

quirkiest community. And TV reporter Connor Knight tells us what it was like to

explore every national park in the US from Acadia to Zion in one year. That's in just a bit on today's

travel with Rick Steve's. Let's start with a look at a European capital that's

often overlooked by the beach crowds who enjoy Croatia's crystal clear coastline but miss out on the scene in its capital

city. It has a distinctively modern take on Old World Charm and it's just a few hours inland.

To tell us about Zagra, we're joined now by local guide Darya Gautich.

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