Why We Love the Gulf

An author and historian shares his reading list for a trip to the Gulf Coast

For generations, sun worshippers and sportsmen have flocked to the Gulf Coast’s sugar sands, barrier islands, wild marshes, and grassy flats for tranquility and adventure. but those aren’t the only reasons to go. For starters…

One of the last true fish camps on the Florida Gulf coast beckons with a slower pace

Over Bushwackers and Budweiser, a relationship takes root at the Flora-Bama

Memories abide on a lazy stretch of Texas coast

No matter your pleasure, there are pockets of pristine coastline to discover

An annual father-daughter poker trip to a Biloxi casino captures what it means to be down but not out

Meet three Panhandle beach towns with style to spare

What makes them great, why they’re in danger, and where you can shuck one at its freshest

The Margaritaville mogul toasts the Gulf Coast bars he loves the most

Some of the best parts of the Gulf? The inlets and channels leading to it

The Alabama coast has changed, but the simple pleasure of the evening breeze remains