Year in Review
Garden & Gun’s Top Travel Photos of 2023
A look back at twenty of our most wanderlust-inspiring images
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
The private beach at Bay Harbor & Coconut Bay Resort in Key Largo.
“Exploring the Hidden Florida Keys”
February/March 2023
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
A garden walkway curves among guest bungalows at Winslow’s.
“Exploring the Hidden Florida Keys”
February/March 2023
PHOTO: LEANN MUELLER
Rush hour at Anvil in Houston.
February/March 2023
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
The view from Sorelle’s dining room in Charleston, South Carolina.
“A First Look at Charleston’s Newest Italian Restaurant, Sorelle”
February 2023
Photo: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
A fishing boat off the Caribbean island of Dominica.
June/July 2023 cover, Great Southern Escapes
Photo: Brie Williams
The meadow at Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, where horses graze with a view of the Smoky Mountains.
“A Horseback Trek Through the Mountains of North Carolina”
June/July 2023
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
“Pump” Laville opens a coconut to serve guests at his farm deep in the jungle of Dominica.
“On Dominica, the Ultimate Caribbean Castaway Experience”
June/July 2023
PHOTO: GATELY WILLIAMS
A half rack of ribs with sides at Captain Stan’s Smokehouse in Woodbine, Georgia.
“A Motorcycle Cruise Up U.S. 17, the Coastal Highway”
June/July 2023
PHOTO: Margaret Houston Dominick
Peering through a gate linking two churchyards at St. Philip’s cemetery in Charleston.
“A Guide to a Charleston Garden Walk”
June/July 2023
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
Rafting on Idaho’s Snake River.
June/July 2023
Photo: NICK KELLEY
Guide Winston Kingman casts near the mouth of Alaska’s Margot Creek.
“A Fly Fisherman’s Alaskan Adventure”
August/September 2023
Photo: NICK KELLEY
Photo: Ally Sloway
G&G assistant editor Lindsey Liles in the Cheoah River in Nantahala National Forest.
“Why Freshwater Snorkeling Should Be Your Next Adventure”
August 2023
Photo: WILLIAM HEREFORD
A falcon’s-eye view of the main house on Glanusk Estate in South Wales.
October/November 2023
PHOTO: TIM ROBISON
A once-hidden waterfall in Cashiers, North Carolina.
“A North Carolina Waterfall Haven”
October/November 2023
Photo: MARCOS ZEGERS
A spectacular lunch view on the Paloma River in Chile.
“Twelve International Sporting Lodges”
October/November 2023
PHOTO: CHRIS GRANGER
Crepe myrtles in downtown Fairhope, Alabama.
“Fairhope, Alabama, Has Stories to Tell”
October/November 2023
PHOTO: TIM ROBISON
One of two safari-style tents at the Fernwood Falls property in Cashiers, North Carolina.
“A North Carolina Waterfall Haven”
October/November 2023
PHOTO: CHRIS GRANGER
Boat restorer Win Turner sails on Mobile Bay along the Fairhope shoreline.
“Fairhope, Alabama, Has Stories to Tell”
October/November 2023
PHOTO: PETER FRANK EDWARDS
Waves crash on the seawall at Rincón’s Tres Sirenas Beach Inn in Puerto Rico.
“Puerto Rico’s West Coast Flavor”
December/January 2024
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