Bay St. Louis

Bay St. Louis and the bayou that the Lundin Bay House sits on is really one of the neatest and prettiest places I think I've ever been. Of course there's water, and that's always good in my book (what being a lake dweller myself and all) and there are soaring trees and everything is a luscious green. Add to that some of the most beautiful homes I've ever seen, and it's just heavenly! Even better, some of them have stories of their own, some of them survived the beating from Katrina (and Gustav, I might add), and a bit of history makes everything more interesting.

The bayou is lined with houses much like this one. Rumor has it this particular house is occupied by a widow. She was married to a man whom she evidently suspected was cheating on her. One day, she received a phone call to say that her husband was in the ER, suffering a heart attack. She arrives at the hospital to find him walking out the doors, (I suppose he wasn't having a heart attack after all) and she pulls a gun and shoots him to death, right in front of the ER. Then she pleads insanity, is hospitalized and released, and now she's shacked up in this beauty with a yard boy and a yacht. (Clearly, the yard boy is busy elsewhere, as the landscaping could really use some help.)

The bayou that you must navigate to get out to Bay St. Louis and the Mississippi Sound is literally lined with these gorgeous houses. I could easily retire in pretty much any of them (well, except maybe the double wide trailer on stilts...though it was nice...)
These two houses here are owned by two brothers. They are the mirror image of one another, outside and in, I'm told. You'd think they could share a pool, but no. There's one at each house. (Cool feature: they are equipped with storm barrier doors that come down over the porches like garage doors.)
This is one of the inlets (like a cul-de-sac).


Loved this one.
There are waterways that are like streets that point out in all directions, each lined with homes.
Each more beautiful than the next.