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Helen Bradshaw

Helen Bradshaw, a 2024 intern at Garden & Gun, is a native of Havana, Florida, and graduated from Northwestern University.

A misty mountain landscape

SOUTHERN MYTHS AND LEGENDS

The shape-shifter with a haunting scream is uniquely suited to its “complicated” home turf

A woman walks across a plank over water toward her farm

Hurricane Helene

After Helene, farmers have been supporting one another, but food and fencing are still desperately needed in agricultural communities 

A portrait of a woman wearing a red suit

Travel

The CNN anchor shares her favorite hometown spots, from dive bars to horse barns

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina

Seven Southern

These spooky locales will take you off the beaten path and into macabre urban legend

HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON

As the winds raged outside, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm had vultures in bathroom stalls, small animals tucked away—and gators where they always are

A house, center, lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, alongside an empty lot where a home was swept away by Hurricane Helen, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.

Hurricane Milton

Organizations working to provide relief after the storm

A Bluetick Coonhound in front of the American flag.

Arts & Culture

The unincorporated community of Rabbit Hash has gone to the dogs

A picture of Virginia Willis cutting a watermelon.

Food & Drink

The renowned chef updated her classic cookbook, Bon Appétit, Y’all —but stopped short of tampering with fried chicken

sea grass and debris cover Steinhatchee's bay front

Hurricane Helene

After surviving the terrifying ordeal, the owner of a local fish market pivots to rebuilding her community—yet again

People stand by a manatee in a puddle

hurricane helene

The aquatic mammals often end up in precarious positions after floods abate

An aerial shot of pecan trees uprooted by Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene

One of the state’s most iconic exports faces an uncertain future 

A woman outside her home, which was crushed by a fallen tree

HURRICANE HELENE

Local and regional organizations providing relief for those in the path of the deadly storm

A group of trees whose leaves have turned yellow

Land & Conservation

Seven striking species that put on a show in your own backyard

oak trees in Savannah

Land & Conservation

Climate change and traffic are shortening the lives of the city’s iconic trees, but some are finding new life

Crystal River, Florida

Travel

Crystal-clear waters provide a welcome respite from the blazing sun