History

Classic films, clever owners, and a leg up from Andy Griffith have kept the lights on at Manteo’s Pioneer Theater for 108 years

Remembering the mighty influence of the late chef Joe Randall, a titan of Black culinary history

A brief, deep-fried history

A forthcoming reopening of Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home and a recent expansion of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights let visitors step right into history

Huntsville steps back into the spotlight

The capital will be hopping with America’s 250th birthday celebrations and a slate of new and improved museums

Forty years of Dollywood, a Broadway show, and a hotel later, Parton is going strong at eighty

The historic North Carolina community welcomes a modern gathering space and a milestone

A farmer’s daughter gets awakened to one scientist’s genius and passion

Dig Me a Grave goes deep on the haunting Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

Vince Gill, Bill Anderson, Ashley McBryde, long-serving employees, and more Opry insiders speak to a dozen-plus moments that cemented the institution as country music’s biggest stage

In Camden, South Carolina, archaeologists are tackling some of America’s oldest cold cases

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously researched flume ride

As the Southern icon turns seventy, a peek behind the yellow sign

Gogo Ferguson recalls creating the rings that included a nod to Cumberland Island.

G&G caught up with the Braided Heritage author to discuss the fluidity of cooking traditions, the power of the number three, and her summertime happy place

The sacred music of one writer’s ancestors—and the enduring power of the Charleston church—holds space for solace and survival

Atlanta’s Victorian-era Martha Stewart, the surprising vegetable on display at every Gilded Age party, an old-school recipe for orange candy, and more tasty tidbits from Georgia’s Historical Recipes

The Virginia tradition connects generations of Saltwater Cowboys, the descendants of Misty herself, and two islands where wildness reigns