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Classic Summer Weekends

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A Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway

Plan the perfect joyride along this storied Southern highway

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A Topsail Lifetime

Writer Randall Kenan on measuring the years in trips to a North Carolina island

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The Too-Muchness of Galveston

Elizabeth McCracken on the city’s cotton-candy-sticky amusement—and how to escape it

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The Mountains Every Time

For one writer, memories and marvels rekindle each summer in the forests, waterfalls, and valleys of Western North Carolina

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An Ode to Southern Summers

Why there’s no substitute for Southern lazy days and getaways

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John Grisham’s Ode to Amelia Island

At this Florida retreat, bumming around gets elevated to an art

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14 Classic Southern Weekend Escapes

Load up the car and grab the road snacks—these beloved Southern getaways have beckoned guests for generations