The Biloxi Lighthouse is a small lighthouse that was built in 1848. I am sure that in its time…read morehere, it was a part of the beach but in the over century (closet to two centuries) since it was built, progress put a highway around it and now it is located on the island of a highway. Truly an amazing part of the history of Biloxi, Mississippi and it is amazing think of how Biloxi, Mississippi looked back then. If you are in the area, I would definitely recommend a visit here.

We enjoyed seeing the lighthouse & reading about the history, especially that ladies kept the torch…read morelit for most of its history. That's very cool. We saw a cute young couple getting married by the lighthouse too when we visited which was very sweet. The visitor's canter is located across the street & has more history of the area. The beach is located right there of course & has more interpretive signage about the hometown astronaut.

This marker stands on Beach Blvd in front of a grassy empty lot that used to hold a historical…read morehome. It reads, "Tullis-Toledano House. One of the most substantial of the early vacation houses on the Gulf Coast, the Tullis-Toledano House was built in 1856 for New Orleans native Christoval Sebastian Toledano (1789-1869) and his wife, Matilda Pradat Toledano. The estate, composed of a Creole-influenced Greek Revival house, detached kitchen, servants' quarters, and carriage house, was purchased by the Tullis family in 1939. Damaged during Hurricane Camille and later restored, the house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005." Online, there is more information. Christoval Sebastian Toledano was a sugar and cotton broker of Spanish descent from New Orleans. The home was a two and one-half story, five-bay structure built of red-clay bricks that were manufactured in a Biloxi brickyard. The upper floors were accessed by a semi-spiraled, wooden staircase. In 1969, the home sustained considerable damage from Hurricane Camille, and was sealed and vacated. In 1975, the Tullis family sold the house and property to the city of Biloxi. The city restored the house and used it for the next 30 years as a museum and community center. After weathering 150 years of storms from the Gulf, Tullis-Toledano Manor was completely destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. A barge from Grand Casino Biloxi washed ashore during the hurricane and crushed the house. Nothing was left of Tullis-Toledano Manor except rubble. There are some insane pictures of the barge on http://www.playmiss.com/2006/index.html The house had been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [Review 14146 overall, 1468 of 2020, number 41 in Mississippi.]

Biloxi has a SECOND lighthouse, about four miles west. Standing on a spit of land that forms a…read moremarina, it makes for some lovely photos. Especially around sunset. The lowest ten feet of it are well tagged. There is some good fishing here, apparently. This used to be attached to the Hilton/Broadwater Tower, an elegant Art Deco resort on the beach. The Broadwater closed in June 2005. Note that the "roads" here are not paved. Prepare for that. I did okay moving slow and dodging around the worst of the chuck holes. [Review 14148 overall, 1470 of 2020, number 43 in Mississippi.]

Sure, you can call it the Ocean Springs Bridge but it's really named the Biloxi Bay Bridge. It…read morecarries US 90 between Biloxi and Ocean Springs. It has six lanes of traffic (three in each direction) as well as a 12 foot wide pedestrian path on the Gulf side. I know all of that because I drove over this bridge at least once a day for each of the five days I was in Biloxi and some times twice or even three times. My friend and I also walked across it from Harrah's to the Ocean Springs side and back. It is 1.75 miles from end to end and has a 95 foot clearance. The bridge is smooth and easy to ride and walk. There are breakdown lanes on each side. There is no toll to cross the bridge. [Review 14124 overall, 1446 of 2020, number 30 in Mississippi.]

Not a business, but a fantastic place to walk, run, or just enjoy the view. I actually lead a…read morebootcamp and we use this bridge for the incline, adding stations along the way. The walking area is nice and wide leaving plenty room for bikes, & families with strollers to get by easily around us while we are doing our workouts.

7 minutes available to show respect to the lives Katrina took in this area? Come here. The…read morereality is this is also a spot to pay respect to all of those who's lives changed from this event. There are still many bare spots in this city where businesses and residences once stood 14 years years ago. My visit to the area was to help put dollars back into this region as well as see friends. Lots to do here. Lots to see. Great place to relax!

Was not sure where to park, so we parked off the street a block back. It was a nice walk to stretch…read moreour legs and enjoy some outside time.

Beautiful monuments saluting our Military. Great place to visit and take your time soaking in some…read moresun & shade along with paying tribute to the men and women who served

Viewed on April 22, 2026. It was a special moment as I was there with a friend who is a Navy…read moreveteran. I also had a Navy Vietnam Veteran as my special man for many years. The grounds are beautiful and I am so happy that the city is preserving this memory.

Had been a few years since we last visited the memorial. Noticed several of the trees were gone now…read more, and the display with all the washed up items from katrina was gona as well. Seems to be more missing, but cant recall. So sad , and cant believe its been 20 years. If your traveling through biloxi , i highly recommend stopping by the monument and paying respects the souls loat and said their are still 3 ppl listed as missing even after 20 years.RIP.....

I think most people have no idea how destructive this storm really was. Causing over 1800 deaths…read moreand $125 billion in damage, it was at the time the costliest tropical cyclone on record. The storm was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States. Battered by wind, rain and storm surge, some beachfront neighborhoods were completely leveled. Preliminary estimates by Mississippi officials calculated that 90% of the structures within half a mile of the coastline were completely destroyed. The pictures of the coastal casinos - block long buildings! - were picked up and basically launched at the coastline, destroying many 18th century homes and ancient trees. The Bay St. Louis-Pass Christian and the Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge were entirely destroyed. Katrina's surge was the most extensive, as well as the highest, in the documented history of the United States. That is documented here with a post showing the maximum height of the surge. The Memorial stands 12 feet tall, about the height of the water during Hurricane Katrina's storm surge at the Town Green. It lists the names of the 170 victims that perished during the storm. [Review 14185 overall, 1507 of 2020, number 75 in Mississippi.]

I ended up bumping into this place on accident as I wanted to explore the beach road and driving…read morethe coast up to Gulfport. I ended up here as I always wanted to visit presidential libraries. The cost of admission is $15 for adults and will take around 2 hours. They do a guided tour which last for 20 minutes which is a Mary talking about the house 20 minutes straight. For me, my attention span was low that day and everything went in and out of my ear. After that, you get to tour the grounds like the kitchen, guest quarters, etc which I enjoyed the most. The place is pretty big. Make sure when you head back to go to the 2nd floor as there are a lot of artifacts. It was worth my time going however.

A lot of personal history of family but nothing much about home and beautiful furniture etc. would…read morehave loved knowing what other buildings were built On property but now gone.

My husband and I had the pleasure of going on the Glenn L. Swetman schooner recently. We were met…read moreby the Wonderful Capt'n Tyler and Gavin and Bradley. These three gentlemen made this the most amazing, relaxing, fun cruise imaginable. I would highly recommend this cruise to anyone who wants a wonderful, fun-filled evening ( we went at 6:00 pm) in the most beautiful scenery possible. This was a wonderful way to view the Gulf Coast by water and just all out a Fun! We will most definitely come again with these guys.