The Coastal Mississippi Visitor Center at 1050 Beach Blvd opened in 2011, an million building designed to echo the historic Dantzler House that stood on this site until Katrina destroyed it in 2005. It's not a converted depot -- Biloxi's L&N depot story actually belongs to Bay St. Louis, thirty minutes west, where a real 1929 depot now holds that city's visitor center and Mardi Gras museum. This one does the same job with a newer building: maps, brochures, and locals behind the counter who know which direction you should actually head. Admission is free. The Gulf Coast runs wider and older than most visitors expect, and this is where you start figuring out where you're going next.
- ·1929 mission-style L&N Railroad depot on Main Street.
- ·Houses both the Coastal Mississippi Visitor Center and the Mardi Gras Museum.
- ·Spanish Revival architecture that survived both Camille and Katrina.
- ·The Amtrak Mardi Gras Service now stops nearby — closing a loop the L&N opened in 1870.
- ·Free admission. Maps, brochures, and locals behind the counter.
- ·Start here before heading in any direction on the coast.
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