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Mobile

A tiered fountain is surrounded by a cluster of red tables and chairs, with threes in the background.

City Guide

Alabama’s port city offers coastal cuisine and culture beneath a canopy of oak trees

Our Kind of Place

Seventy-five years of warm memories at one nutty little Alabama store

Our Kind of Place

Conjuring the ghosts of summers past at the storied Grand Hotel

Why We Love the Gulf

The Alabama coast has changed, but the simple pleasure of the evening breeze remains

Travel

Why the author loves Alabama’s utopia by the bay—and thinks you should too

Food & Drink

A back-roads ramble in search of soul and seafood on the Gulf

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Travel

Ride shotgun with writer Mike Grudowski on a quest for fresh shrimp and oyster shacks

Arts & Culture

Get to know the country’s original Mardi Gras celebration