There’s no finer quail country than the Red Hills, 300,000 acres of longleaf and wiregrass and home to more than a hundred sprawling plantations. Who’d have thought a real estate broker would become its unofficial steward?
Southern Road Trips
Features
Arts & Culture
A child of the Lowcountry, West Fraser has risen to the top of American landscape painting by charting his own course through the untamed South
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Sporting
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Home & Garden
When the author heard about a dilapidated cottage overtaken by weeds and kudzu in an Atlanta neighborhood, she knew it would become her family’s home. So she bought it – sight unseen
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Food & Drink
Turning back the clock to a time when the midday meal was king
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Food & Drink
A back-roads ramble in search of soul and seafood on the Gulf
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Travel
Southern music history comes alive on the path between Memphis and Muscle Shoals
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Food & Drink
From juke joints and dive bars to oyster houses and soda fountains to fish camps and friendly bookstores, there’s something to discover around every bend on these five summer drives
All Articles from this Issue
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What's in Season
Pink-eyed purple-hulls might be the fairest field pea of them all
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Traditions
Like many a Southerner, the writer William Styron found joy and solace in a Virginia staple
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Good Dog
A spirited bird dog keeps a young couple afloat
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Books
National Book Award finalist Brad Watson’s new novel is a testament to the power of the spirit
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Guns
Eight of the best shops in the South and beyond for the bird-gun enthusiast
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Arts & Culture
A few of our favorite bonus shots
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Fork in the Road
Chattanooga’s Main Street Meats is a carnivore’s nirvana
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The High & the Low
How a shiny new sports car opened up a world of possibilities – and a whole lot of trouble
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Arts
Three summer exhibitions explore the remarkable career of North Carolina’s Burk Uzzle
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End of the Line
The not-so-glamorous life of an author on the road
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Our Kind of Place
Chasing smallmouth and solace where the Shenandoah and Potomac meet in Harpers Ferry
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Ask G&G
A lesson in the art of the toast, the nautical rules of the road, and a few words about man sandals
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Sporting
When buyers want to own a pristine piece of the Red Hills extraordinary quail country, they talk to Jon Kohler
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Garden Variety
How a family and a community came together to preserve a cultural landmark in Virginia
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Travel
The rubber meets the sand on these car-friendly Southern beaches
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Harvest
A Chesapeake chef brings a lost recipe back to life
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Anatomy of a Classic
Butter beans and bacon blend with tarragon and cream in a Georgia chef’s French-accented succotash
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Editor's Letter
The spirit and generosity of one of the South’s most beloved voices
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Southern Style
Monograms lend a personal touch to these Southern essentials
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Homeplace
Designer Alexa Pulitzer’s Bayou Saint John house invites both lively gatherings and quiet family time
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Food & Drink
The portable sweet treat
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Music
A sizzling return from a pioneering Stax powerhouse
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Food & Drink
The crowd-pleaser dessert
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The Southern Agenda
Goings-on in the South and beyond
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Food & Drink
The throwback dessert
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Food & Drink
The forgotten classic
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Interview
The Avett Brothers return with a new album and a new outlook
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Sporting
Join writer Dave Mezz as he travels in search of big bass in the Sunshine State
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Travel
Ride shotgun with writer Mike Grudowski on a quest for fresh shrimp and oyster shacks
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Travel
A road trip through the heart of Southern music
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Hotels
Cool your heels—and wheels—at these retro motels reimagined for twenty-first-century wayfarers
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Road Trips
Fourteen weird and wonderful Southern pit stops
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Books
Revisit the locations that inspired five classic childhood novels
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The Southern Agenda
Everybody clamors for frozen confections from these six classic southern parlors
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Music
Bassist and former owner David Hood reflects on five essential albums that came out of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
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Food & Drink
Tag along with writer Jed Portman on a road trip through the Tar Heel State in search of rib-sticking meals