Our Kind of Place
Our Kind of Place
Soaking Up Serenity on a Mississippi Trail
A Mississippi professor and poet wanders through the seasons of Oxford’s Whirlpool Trails
Our Kind of Place
Pour One Out for Threadgill’s
A veteran music writer and Threadgill’s regular pens an ode to the Austin institution that launched Janis Joplin—but is now closing its doors for good
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Soda Shop Time Machine
A North Carolina college-town landmark serves up perfect fries and three generations of family lore
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Inside a Hallowed Shotgun Hideaway
If you want to see some of the finest shotguns in the country, first you have to ask
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A Mississippi General Store Endures
The Simmons-Wright Company stocks 133 years of tradition
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River Remedy: Harpers Ferry
Chasing smallmouth and solace where the Shenandoah and Potomac meet in Harpers Ferry
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The Columns Hotel
Rick Bragg’s New Orleans epiphany
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A Picker’s Paradise
A Nashville singer-songwriter and antiques junkie shares her favorite inspiration point
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North Carolina’s Old Books
Where books aren’t just business
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North Carolina’s Old Burying Ground
A gorgeously overgrown graveyard in coastal North Carolina preserves centuries of stories
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Inspiration Point: Horn Island
A half century after the artist Walter Anderson’s death, his barrier island muse is as captivating as ever
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Looking for Luckenbach
A 1977 Waylon Jennings hit continues to draw country music fans to this tiny Texas hamlet
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Nu-Way Lounge & Restaurant
A South Carolina dive with one hell of a burger fuels a writer’s appetite, and his imagination
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The Magic of Square Books
A writer’s ode to a storied little Mississippi bookstore
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Inside the New Orleans Athletic Club
With nearly a century and a half of history, the Athletic Club is not your average gym
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Cooper’s Country Store
Almost eight decades old, a rural South Carolina general store lives on
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George Washington (and I) Slept Here
A peek behind the walls into the enduring relevance of Mt. Vernon
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Faulkner’s Rowan Oak
Fifty years after the writer’s death, Rowan Oak continues to inspire
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Soulful Seafood
In the Holy City, where fried seafood is sacred, Sanra and Terry McCray dish out the divine
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Cuban Fusion
Texas hotelier Liz Lambert reimagines one of San Antonio’s most beloved Riverwalk landmarks