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A woman in a blue tropical dress stands against a green background

Style

The beloved boutique label gets a second wind on Antigua

A corner of a wine store

Travel

These cozy neighborhood spots provide warm welcomes and unique wines

Cigar boxes stacked in a shop

Our Kind of Place

Spring Street Cigars fuels just the right blend of camaraderie and solitude

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 woman lounges in a navy shop

Travel

At Beth Buccini’s boutiques in Nashville and Miami, the former style editor curates outfits to remember

A country store

Travel

These small-town mercantiles offer up an extra scoop of nostalgia along with sugar, milk, the occasional cast-iron skillet or pallet of lumber—and everything in between

A storefront with planters and large windows

Home & Garden

The lauded event designer Blake Sams debuts his first retail venture

Diners eat at a checkered table

Travel

With gallery hops, restaurants serving familiar flavors, and delightful, creative shops, Helen Ellis’s favorite Big Apple experiences are rich with the comfort of the South

A woman in a patterned dress stands in a home goods store.

Home & Garden

Keith Smythe Meacham and the late Julia Reed’s charming boutique sets up shop in West Nashville

Shops

The Music City’s maven of menswear takes Melrose Avenue

Arts & Culture

Plott Hound Books is the place to find thoughtfully curated reads—and advice on where to eat while you turn the pages

Arts & Culture

Local and regional artisans shine at Still Johnson

Books

Back on tour, a Nashville author discovers that bookshops around the South are writing intriguing new chapters

Shops

For help planting a paradise at home, go where the wild things grow

Shops

At Boone’s Antiques in North Carolina, brown furniture never goes out of vogue

Shops

A pioneering name in fine spirits launches a new chapter in Birmingham

Travel

Divided into two jewel box-sized spaces called Hunt and Gather, Fieldshop reimagines the high-end specialty shops of old.

Guns

Eight of the best shops in the South and beyond for the bird-gun enthusiast

Shops

A family keeps history alive, one reclaimed mantel, antique light fixture, and salvaged door at a time

In the Garden

The sprawling Hay Hill gives gardeners a green new hub