On an outdoor deck at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minnesota, a telescope rests with its lens facing toward a sandbar along the Mississippi River. I peek through the eyepiece and two bald ...

Mississippi River cruises have surged in popularity in recent decades, especially among travelers looking to enjoy guided tours of historical cities and towns across the American Midwest and South.

American Cruise Lines is launching three new itineraries on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The new cruises include a nine-day Arkansas River cruise between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Memphis, ...

Contributor Jackie Sheckler Finch takes a Mississippi River Cruise from Memphis to New Orleans on American Serenade, one of American Cruise Line’s modern river ships. My brother Joe lives in Durango, ...