Hannibal, Missouri

On day two of my trip south, I made a long stop at Mark Twain's roots: Hannibal, MO, sitting right on the Mississippi. The old downtown is well preserved, and you can easily imagine Tom and Huck walking down the street, up to no good.



Samuel Langhorne Clemen's childhood home:


It seems that every business in town had a name that was somehow related to Mark Twain. Becky Thatcher Candy. Huck Finn Shoes. Tom Sawyer Concrete, Inc. It got kinda of out of hand.