When you're making plans to explore the historic cities of the old world, make

time for some of Europe's amazing, less visited off-the-beaten-path cities.

I recommend 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

Antebellum mansions and garden parties beneath the surface.

The more time I spent that the more natural start 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 our common ground and 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 Steves.

We'll find out what writer Richard Grant learned about the people of

natures, including a few of its unforgettable characters and why the town is

often called Mississippi's corkiest community.

And TV reporter Connor Knightin 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 Steves.

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.

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