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Nutcrackers stand outside a holiday-decorated hotel

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With towering trees, dazzling lights, extravagant gingerbread, and more

People carol inside a cavern

Arts & Culture

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

A greenhouse

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An extensive restoration at Reynolda honors one of the South’s most iconic glasshouses

A pair of hands shucks oysters over ice

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Half-shell hurrahs from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic and Gulf coasts

A bow of a boat is decorated with a garland of evergreens. It sits on top of aqua blue water

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Candy-striped boat awnings, stone crab claws in silver champagne buckets, and bougainvillea everywhere—Bahamas-based interior designer and legendary hostess Amanda Lindroth puts on a tropical holiday to remember

A man in a studio restores statues of gnomes

Arts & Culture

“I genuinely believe they have magic in them,” Will Jackson says as Rock City prepares for a very special holiday display

Inside a pub with red accents and portraits of men

Food & Drink

Charleston restaurateur Brooks Reitz brings an Anglophile’s eye to the Crescent City

The Old Bull building in downtown Durham, North Carolina.

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Cultural heritage, the arts, and a thriving restaurant and bar scene keep us bullish on Bull City

A polished dining room

Food & Drink

With its glass pasta-making room, sweeping sylvan wallpaper, and striking marble tabletops, the new restaurant blends Bluegrass pride with international inspiration

Rows of pieced together colorful quilts hang above seated people

Arts & Culture

A dazzling collaboration between quilters and fiber artist Rachel Hayes honors the beauty of sisterhood, the wisdom of mothers, and colorful laundry lines

A corner of a wine store

Travel

These cozy neighborhood spots provide warm welcomes and unique wines

A woman in vibrant clothing stands atop a mound of flowers against a mountain background

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The American chestnut is a lost Appalachian treasure. Across the ocean, one Portuguese community holds close a relative of the bygone nut.

A rooftop bar with a skyline view of Atlanta

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Sips and sits from the lobby to the rooftop

Cigar boxes stacked in a shop

Our Kind of Place

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

An aerial view of Uncle Shuck’s corn maze

Seven Southern

Straw hats off to these seriously complex designs

Downtown Waynesville, North Carolina.

Travel

“Above all, your presence shows that the outside world cares” 

A wood pavilion on top of a pond with plants

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Something beautiful grows every season in these strollable, delightful green spaces

A portrait of a woman wearing a red suit

Travel

The CNN anchor shares her favorite hometown spots, from dive bars to horse barns

A colorful city scape

Travel

Discover the Atlantic’s most intriguing archipelago

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina

Seven Southern

These spooky locales will take you off the beaten path and into macabre urban legend