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A man stands in a collard field

Arts & Culture

A word of caution—photos of these greens may turn you a little red

People carol inside a cavern

Arts & Culture

The commonwealth’s quirkiest holiday event happens to be one of its most magical

A priest and Pope Francis. Pope Francis holds bottles of bourbon and signs them

Arts & Culture

That would be thanks to Father Jim Sichko (and yes, it’s for a good cause). Read our interview with the Kentucky priest.

Train cars shaped like a pink pig in a museum

Arts & Culture

An oinking affirmation that the more things change in Atlanta, the more they stay the same

A woman in western clothes stands in a clothing store

Arts & Culture

The jewelry mogul shares more details about the new label, which includes boots, clothing, and home goods

An illustration of woman with a hat kneeling in a garden shed with a fruitcake

Country Accent

Think you despise it? Not so fast

An illustration of a dog in bed with a woman and a man standing beside the dog. The dog is reading and having a plate of cookies

Good Dog

In an exclusive (possibly imagined) interview, the real top dog in the Grisham household emerges

A cat stands on a desk with a typewriter

Arts & Culture

Rather than a farewell to arms, these cats say hello to extra toes. On the Hemingway Home’s sixtieth anniversary, a look at one of the writer’s strangest legacies.

An illustration of a man hitting an apostrophe with a racquet

End of the Line

Who needs Wordle when you have Macon Fry?

Golf Course Designer Lloyd “AJ” Bridges

Arts & Culture

Meet AJ Bridges, the Kentucky prodigy designing some of the South’s top new courses

Cheerleaders smile and crowd around a yellow lab

Arts & Culture

Focused on (and in) the field, a party animal off of it, the yellow Lab has captivated fans, charmed recruits, and brought a little bit of cheeky mischief to the sidelines

A chicken inside a cage walks on a bingo board

Arts & Culture

People from all over the world travel to the Little Longhorn Saloon to try their hand at this game of cluck

A dark furry ape like figure moves through a marshy landscape

SOUTHERN MYTHS AND LEGENDS

The stinky, four-toed cryptid is said to lurk in swamps across the Sunshine State. Years ago, I almost met him.

A portrait of a blonde woman with Dolly Parton

Arts & Culture

A Natchitoches local shares behind-the-scenes details about the iconic film—and the star’s Southern snack of choice

People gather around a tent with a spread of food

Arts & Culture

A massive hometown tailgate in Athens, Georgia, feels more like a family reunion

A portrait of a man against a black background

Arts & Culture

With Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage set to premiere tonight, we caught up with the Cooper family’s lovable breakout star

A girl stands against a brick background wearing a blue silk scarf around her neck

Arts & Culture

With their artful depictions of collegiate buildings, a UVA grad’s designs have won fans across the country

A woman holds a cob of colorful corn in a cornfield

Food & Drink

Long thought lost, ancestral Native American kernels make their way back home to the Lumbee, Waccamaw-Siouan, and Coharie

Inside a red-walled oddity shop with posters, black cabinets, and statues

Travel

Not quite antique stores, and more elevated than flea markets, the region’s gothic emporiums embrace the unusual—and a dash of the dark arts

A man holds a glass trophy on a mini golf course

Arts & Culture

Gary Hester is among the elite putters competing in the Master’s of mini golf this week in Myrtle Beach