culture

Who needs Wordle when you have Macon Fry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rare handicrafts uplift Black humanity in the historic Virginia town

While lesser-known than gumbo or jambalaya, gravy is a Cajun classic worth its weight in gradoux. And at the annual Blackpot Cookoff in Lafayette, it’s the stuff of legend

Arkansas sculptor Kevin Kresse on casting the Man in Black in bronze

Writing advice, plus the bestselling author’s favorite tour spots and the classic novels he’s reading for the first time

The author’s sublime new novel fathoms the wonder of the sea

How one chef learned to love the South’s favorite cooking vessel

A Southerner’s tale of coping with sizzling summers and a warming, sweating world

The gangly, feathery representative of the University of Miami offers a dose of meteorological folklore