Alabama

a cyclist on a trail

Travel

Revel in autumnal scenery and burgeoning whistle-stops while cycling the Silver Comet and (newly expanded) Chief Ladiga

A collage: Clockwise, from top left: Rick Hall and Clarence Carter at FAME; Paul Simon at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; Aretha Franklin at FAME; Etta James at FAME.

Music

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

A portrait of a man in a clothing store. He wears ties around his neck

Arts & Culture

A style enthusiast’s formal argument for dressing up

flattened musk turtle

Conservation

The tiny flattened musk turtle lives within a single watershed in Alabama, and biologists are racing to study it before it’s too late

A coach and football players cheer on a field

Arts & Culture

“No matter how many dynasties the Tide stack on top of each other, Auburn fans will always be able to pierce their armor with two. Little. Words.”

Inside a restaurant with big ceiling windows and checkered tables

Food & Drink

Celebrity photographer Miller Mobley brings his eye for set creation to the restaurant world with custom stained glass, millwork, and faux finishes

A man with a guitar

Music

Elvis, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, and more make our list of some of the most famous—and infamous—performances in music history

A bowl of ice cream

Recipe

Bill Briand shares a family recipe from the menu of Little Bird, his forthcoming restaurant in Fairhope, Alabama

A woman stands by a rack of pastries

Fork in the Road

A young Alabama chef brings community and flawless croissants to a funky strip

Three photos: a stack of brownies, a cake, two cookies

Seven Southern

These top-notch bakeshops let flour-free customers have their cake—and pies, cookies, donuts, croquetas, and biscuits—and eat them too

An illustration of a woman standing in a landscape under the stars

This Land

An Alabama odyssey helps fill in the blank spaces

Three photos of desserts: chocolate bars, fried chicken-shaped ice cream bars, caramels

Food & Drink

From inventive ice cream to old-school cakes, these victors will satisfy your sweet tooth

A wall-shaped monument, inscribed with approximately 122,000 names

2025 Bucket List

A new sculpture park completes a stunning trifecta

White lilies in a pond

2025 BUCKET LIST

The springtime star of Alabama

Quilts hanging on a clothesline

2025 BUCKET LIST

A historic arts enclave lets it all hang out

A collage of three images; a fish dish, a chef preparing oysters, and a wall of oyster plates

Food & Drink

Chef Rob McDaniel’s new raw bar delivers ice-cold martinis, innovative seafood, and plenty of oysters

A collage of three images; a coach, a basketball player, and a manager holding a basketball

Arts & Culture

And other wacky stories from the South’s NCAA men’s hoops hopefuls

The interior of a warehouse with a variety of salvaged items

Travel

Plan a road trip for leaded glass, beams, flooring, and oddities of Southern history

A man walks on a worn dirt path outdoors

Arts & Culture

The painter emerged from a hardscrabble youth to become one of the most quietly successful Southern painters of his generation, embracing the trials and triumphs of his career by keeping his heart—and his art—grounded in his home state

Civil rights activists march and carry American flags

Arts & Culture

On the sixtieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, locals and visitors will retrace one of America’s most famous marches