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Nashville’s Big Back Yard

09/21/21

Mike Wolfe grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa, trash picking his way through his early years. Bikes in bad shape were his passion, pulling his two-wheeled loves from...

Music, Food + Travel: Fall Festivals in the South

09/17/21

Every year, autumn faithfully ushers in crisper temps, gorgeous fall foliage, and many an outdoor festival. As you’re mapping out your fall plans, don’t miss...

The inside guide to Muscle Shoals, Alabama's music capital

09/16/21

Muscle Shoals easily measures up to its music city heavyweight neighbours — Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans — in the cool stakes. But don’t be fooled by its...

The Old Railroad Bridge in the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area is a Feat of Engineering, Endurance, and Collaboration

08/26/21

Most people are familiar with the primary public lands designations—national parks, national forests, and national wildlife refuges; all offer abundant...

Living stars and lost luggage: Exploring the overlooked beauty of Northern Alabama

08/24/21

Wandering throughout the labyrinth of high mossy canyon walls that tower alongside Dismals Creek—and its musical little waterfalls and shaded burbles—I imagine...

Inside Billy Reid’s Stylish Alabama Lake House

08/06/21

“It’s like dropping off the side of the world,” says the fashion designer Billy Reid of the narrow drive that dips and loops through the North Alabama woods...

This Is Where Aretha Franklin Recorded Her First Hit

08/06/21

An unprepossessing two-story building with a gambrel roof along the side of a road in Muscle Shoals, Alabama houses FAME Recording Studios (short for Florence...

How to Spend A Perfect Day Exploring Historic Muscle Shoals, Alabama

07/30/21

Tucked away in northern Alabama, Muscle Shoals is known mostly for its role in today’s popular music. Located in “the Shoals area,” along the Tennessee River...

Fame Recording Studios, home of the "Muscle Shoals Sound"

07/30/21

Nestled along the Tennessee River, in the state of Alabama, lies a small town that draws big names. You may not have heard of Muscle Shoals, but you have...

Immerse yourself in the Muscle Shoals Sound in northwest Alabama

07/12/21

Los Angeles, New York, Nashville. Those are cities where you would expect the world’s most influential musicians to record. But since the 1960s.....

The Only Frank Lloyd Wright House In Alabama Welcomes Visitors

07/06/21

Stanley Rosenbaum’s father owned 12 movie theaters in northern Alabama at a time when that was the premier entertainment for all – rich, poor, young, old....

Leipers Fork, TN to Muscle Shoals, AL: 7 Adorable Country Towns To Experience

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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