Alabama

Conjuring the ghosts of summers past at the storied Grand Hotel

Contemporary meets comfortable at this rustic architectural wonder

Nearly a decade after leaving the pioneering Decatur, Georgia, restaurant Watershed, the chef is once again making his legendary biscuits—and this time he wants you to join in

A list of on-the-ground relief efforts to assist those affected by the deadly storms

The chef is coming home to Alabama, with Automatic Seafood & Oysters, opening this March in Birmingham. Here’s a preview of his menu—and his favorite oyster-grilling technique

Each spring, Birmingham chef Chris Hastings invites a handful of friends and their children to his camp in Alabama for a week of hunting, camaraderie, good food… and a few life lessons

Get an exclusive peek inside Bow & Arrow, a new restaurant blending ’Bama and Texas barbecue traditions from chef-on-the-rise David Bancroft

Frontman Paul Janeway talks Birmingham, “that Southern thing,” and the band’s new album, Young Sick Camellia

The Ultimate Culinary Tour of the Magic City

Why the long-running… er, -rolling… Auburn University tradition is taking a break again this year

Come summer, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brings thousands of entrants, decades of tradition, and varying degrees of piscatory prowess to Dauphin Island. Amid the million-dollar yachts and ten-dollar lawn chairs at the world’s largest fishing tournament, a writer and amateur angler wades into the frenzy of a Southern institution

In rural Alabama, a haven for purple martins generations in the making

The South’s social lake

Dynasties don’t last forever, so let’s roll with the Tide while we can

The storied Grammy-winning gospel outfit returns with a new album

Ultrasweet Gulf Coast Royal Reds are worth shelling out for

Meet Brian Reed, the radio reporter behind the Alabama-set podcast everyone’s talking about

How a university town rallied around an unusual piece of outdoor sculpture

Why the author loves Alabama’s utopia by the bay—and thinks you should too

Clouds gather just beyond the horizon in these short stories set in the Yellowhammer State