Photographer Alec Soth has made a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, documenting the people ... stop overlooking the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

New for this season, American Cruise Lines is unveiling a 12-day “Mississippi Explorer Cruise” from Memphis to New Orleans, as well as a new 16-day “Grand Ohio River Cruise” from Pittsburgh to St.

which includes the Mississippi River from its headwaters to where it meets the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, as well as the Illinois River and portions of some smaller tributaries. The upper ...