Collections

“Once you get a couple of these things, you start appreciating the history and the beauty and the engineering”

How the vibrant roadside vessels inspired an obsession

Gut feelings versus map apps: an unplanned showdown

Wheel through time in these vintage Red Hills quail wagons

A dedicated minimalist discovers the fine art of curated objects

Virginia chef Travis Milton serves up a mouthwatering batch of Air Jordans

The foremost collector of the state’s vintage reels trolls auctions, meets, and antique stores for his quarry

The musical renaissance man can trace his life in music with an impressive collection

Century-old automobiles restore the joy of youth to a Lowcountry do-it-yourselfer

On a farm in North Florida, a man works to keep several breeds of birds from vanishing

The Alabama artist Mary Kirk Kelly captured the sublime bounty of summer

The legacy of silhouette artist Carew Rice lives on

On the menu at chef Sara Bradley’s Paducah restaurant: hundreds of bourbons from her private stash

For North Carolina sportsman Danny Ellis, seeking out rare calls is all about the thrill of the hunt

Love infuses a historic—and exquisite—set of oyster plates

Rick Ellis’s hundreds of cookbooks preserve the South’s history one recipe at a time

Art by—and for—the people

A musician’s quest to acquire the best Southern guitars in the world

A Kentucky couple put their antique julep cups to good — and frequent — use