Alabama

Music
Remembering a Muscle Shoals Icon
“I wanted to be somebody,” said Rick Hall, the man behind Alabama’s FAME studios. He was, and music lovers are better for it

Home & Garden
A Southern Stocking Stuffer
Birmingham-born, Tennessee-made FITS socks live up to their name

Sporting
Nine Standout Lodges for the Southern Quail Hunter
From the pine forests of the Red Hills to the foothills of the Andes, plan your next hunt at these destination properties

Collections
Beauty on the Half Shell
Love infuses a historic—and exquisite—set of oyster plates

Made in the South Awards
Introducing the 2017 Made in the South Awards Honorees
From a library-perfect leather chair to a hunting vest as handsome as it is hardworking to a light, bright pecan oil, this year’s winners and runners-up prove the region is home to world-class talent

Made in the South Awards 2017
Tom Beckbe
Outdoors runner-up Tom Beckbe’s waxed canvas hunting vest has a liner dyed from the clay found along Alabama’s Tombigbee River

Made in the South Awards 2017
Overall Winner: Alabama Sawyer
The Home category and overall winner transforms downed urban trees into eye-catching planked dining tables

Made in the South Awards 2017
Maho Shades
Style category winner Kris and Alex Anderson’s sunglasses are tailor-made for style and sport

Travel
Beautiful Covered Bridges of the South
Twenty-three of the South’s most picturesque covered bridges

Homeplace
A Return to Form in Birmingham
A thoughtful renovation brings a family back to Alabama

Homeplace
Return to Form
Step inside a beautiful Birmingham home

G&G Party Pics
Southern Makers
A weekend commending the best creators and innovators of the South.

First Listen
First Listen: The Blind Boys of Alabama
The storied Grammy-winning gospel outfit returns with a new album

Recipe
Alabama’s Grapico Gets the Cocktail Treatment
A sophisticated boozy spin on a classic grape soda

What's in Season
The King of Shrimp
Ultrasweet Gulf Coast Royal Reds are worth shelling out for

Why We Love the Gulf
The Art of Screened-Porch Sitting
The Alabama coast has changed, but the simple pleasure of the evening breeze remains

Arts & Culture
The Road to S-Town
Meet Brian Reed, the radio reporter behind the Alabama-set podcast everyone’s talking about

Arts & Culture
A Different Kind of Easter Bunny
How a university town rallied around an unusual piece of outdoor sculpture

Anatomy of a Classic
How to Make Perfectly Fried Catfish
The only thing better than Duane Nutter’s classic cornmeal catfish is the whiskey-spiked tartar sauce he pairs with it

Travel