Seven Southern Series


A male painted bunting

Land & Conservation

A songbird that looks dipped in paint, a delicate pink wader, and an iridescent duck—learn what gives these beautiful birds their color, plus how to spot them

A river snakes through a sunlit canyon

Travel

Be it rugged mountains, desert, or swamp, the diversity of the South is best witnessed off the beaten path

A bottle pours bourbon into a glass cup a person is holding.

Travel

Bourbon and music, bourbon in the Big Easy, bourbon meets Kevin Bacon—see what’s flowing at these upcoming events

A sailboat in a blue bay with a rocky outcropping

Travel

It’d be fun to play castaway for a day in these natural wonderlands

Taken from the second-floor balcony, looking down at the pool at the Hotel Lucine surrounded by lounge chairs and umbrellas.

Seven Southern

Retro roadside getaways worth braking for

Burgundy colored quilted leather barstools line a dark wooden bar counter, behind which is a wall full of alcohol bottles, dim yet warm backlighting, and a mounted deer head.

Travel

Modern bars nod to the history of Prohibition, which ended ninety years ago this winter

Travel

Ceramics are a big deal in these small towns