Tennessee

A woman in an eyeglass shop

Southern Style

Old frames from enviable dead-stock collections get a new, stylish life

A knife by a bourbon barrel band

Distilled

The Tennessee bladesmith uses an ancient technique to give old bourbon barrel bands new life

An illustrated portrait of a man whose headshot is above a farm

Food & Drink

Ten years after his tragic death, Sam Beall’s farm-to-table vision and gospel of Southern hospitality continue to resound across—and beyond—the resort, now celebrating fifty years of family ownership

Travel

Live music and Nashville vibes pull this small Tennessee city into the spotlight

Leanne Morgan

Arts & Culture

The Tennessee comedian is everyone’s darling

A portrait of Nate Bargartze in a ball pit

Arts & Culture

The hottest comic on earth is building more than just a Nashville hub of humor—he’s pulling a parade’s worth of funny people behind him

Inside a bookshop

2026 Bucket List

It’s going to be a busy year at Ann Patchett’s Parnassus

A rendering of a hotel guest room

2026 Bucket List

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

A man in a studio

Music

Six years after his death, a new biography examines the talent, charm, and heartbreak of the man behind the music

Inside a lobby

Travel

New Orleans’s buzziest hotelier puts down roots in Music City

Outside a honky tonk with a neon sign

Travel

Nashville’s greatest new honky-tonk is a seventy-five-year-old downtown landmark

Food & Drink

The Michelin Guide canvassed six new states across the region for its selections, including a two-star designation for Emeril’s in New Orleans

Diego Pavia

Arts & Culture

As the Commodores ride high, a long-suffering supporter dares to dream

A portrait of a woman against a gallery wall

Food & Drink

Redemption Bar on Lower Broadway welcomes all with NA drinks and singer-songwriter performances. Plus: Get a recipe for McBryde’s alcohol-free Earl Grey Old-Fashioned.

a farmhouse

home & garden

How one family and a design team poured their hearts into preserving this 1800s home

A man sits on a chair by a wall of records

Music

Through his vast vinyl collection, the singer-songwriter celebrates an inherited love of music

Fall leaves at the campus of Sewanee

Arts & Culture

The Princeton Review made it official, but staff, students, and alumni already knew that the 13,000-acre Domain is a treasure trove of natural and architectural beauty

A group of people sit under string lights in a backyard

Arts & Culture

Notable talks from voices within and beyond the South

A colorful, lit up carousel

Travel

The first hand-carved carousel produced by one person in over one hundred years is now spinning in Franklin

Plates of aguachile and chips

Anatomy of a Classic

Lime-steeped shrimp come together with cucumbers, onions, and a drizzle of jalapeño vinegar sauce