05/23/25
Do people still take traditional summer vacations? Sure, they do. But these days, even the kids are over-scheduled. So for many folks, weekend getaways are...
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11/12/24
Every good road trip needs a great pitstop. Some people look for roadside signs. Others look for telltale wisps of smoke leading the way to what will hopefully...
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09/19/24
When Jeanne and Billy Reid bought and renovated a lake house just outside Florence, Alabama, back in 2015, they had certain priorities. One, the couple was...
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06/24/24
Little Muscle Shoals, Alabama boasts a giant legacy as the birthplace of blues, "Brown Sugar" and miraculous American icons. Helen Keller, W.C. Handy...
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06/24/24
Sounds and also silence color the dazzling array of things to do in north Alabama’s Muscle Shoals area. Diverse, different kinds of things. Music dominates,...
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04/04/24
May has a newness to it that is at once refreshing and a little confusing. Spring has just ended, the flowers are in full bloom, limbs are freshly shaven and...
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04/02/24
A funny thing happened on the way to a sandwich shop I hoped to try. While the sandwich didn’t happen, I instead got lost and made the most of it with my first...
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03/25/24
It's spring, the perfect time to find your next adventure along the back roads of Nashville's Big Back Yard. Just south of Music City, NBBY is 12...
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03/08/24
While there are several routes that will take drivers from Nashville to New Orleans, only one truly captures the best of the southern United States: Interstate...
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03/04/24
A road trip is as much about the drive as it is the destination. When Southerners prepare for a long drive, food is often at the top of mind. Whether it’s the...
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02/14/24
In New York City, they’re known as bodegas, the corner stores where you can buy a bagel and a cup of coffee or Kleenex and cigarettes, probably dodging a house...
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