Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Station - Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg was built on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi river and is sometimes referred to as the "hill city." An unexpected benefit for the photographer is that by stepping back a few paces up one of the steep streets, one can often gain enough elevation to shoot with the camera more or less level, minimizing perspective problems that result when shooting a tall building with the camera tilted up.

Plans are underway to make this building into a transportation museum which will preserve the history of both rail and river transportation in Vicksburg.