06/28/21
On a clear April day, the lazy Buffalo River near Linden, Tennessee, was even lazier in the warm sunshine, its steady current breezily pushing our kayaks along...
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06/28/21
With around five million guestrooms in more than 54,000 hotels, you can't complain about a lack of places to stay in the US and some of them are truly...
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06/28/21
Rock and roll was never merely about music: When it started, we were obsessed with the freedom and counterculture it stood for. The catchy tunes were only half...
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06/28/21
Aretha Franklin found her voice right here in Muscle Shoals, Alabama's own music capital. It was at this northwestern Alabama town's FAME Studios...
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08/13/20
Thanks to the combined influence of powerhouse designers Alabama Chanin and Billy Reid, Florence, Ala., has become an unlikely hub of American fashion. The...
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08/05/20
At age 33, Chef Darnell Ferguson is a rising star among television chefs. But, even more important to him, he’s a chef in his own right who oversees culinary...
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08/03/20
In the age of coronavirus, people are seeking ways to get out of the house and enjoy their vacation while still maintaining social distancing. Naturally,...
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06/19/20
It's easy to get carried away in Alabama. The Dixie State is home to several creeks and rivers with gentle currents so all you have to do is sit back,...
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05/27/20
Imagine being out for a hike and stumbling across a wall that looked like it was made of skulls. Ancient unearthed grave? Cult site? Weirdly placed theatre...
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05/19/20
Nestled in northwestern Alabama along the banks of the Tennessee River, the Shoals — also known as “the Quad” or “Quad-Cities” — encompasses the towns of...
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05/12/20
Sixty years ago, small-town Alabama musicians, many of them sons and daughters of farmers and sharecroppers, came together in homegrown recording studios in...
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