MacClenny’s Heritage Village
What began as this small Southern town’s modest restoration of their train depot has grown into a full-scale reproduction of century-ago village life
View ArticleWhat the South Taught This Yankee
If he or she travels enough or lives long enough in the South, even a Yankee can start to catch on to some of the, ahem, particularities of Southern living
View ArticleBlack Traditions in the Architecture of the South
The architectural traditions of the American black community are a fascinating part of our collective history
View Article16 of the South’s Most Beautiful Churches: Part One
Worshiping with marble and arches, stained glass and steeples, Southern believers state by state have a glorious heritage in ecclesiastical architecture
View ArticleGainesville’s Historic Pleasant Street Neighborhood
Segregated from the mainstream white areas, black American neighborhoods across the South developed into fully-formed townscapes, and there is no better example than Gainesville's beautiful Pleasant...
View ArticleFood Snobs, Fruit Salad, and Unashamedly Fried Apples
The culinary elite cast aspersions on Southern food claiming it’s simple-minded, unimaginative, and always fried. Our mamas and grannies had no part in deciding who should be crowned Culinary Elite.
View ArticleThe Writings of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Author of The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings caught the nation's attention with her glimpse of the rural Florida folk and their iconic struggles with life, living, suffering, and love
View Article16 of the South’s Most Beautiful Churches: Part Three
Worshiping with marble and arches, stained glass and steeples, Southern believers state by state have a glorious heritage in ecclesiastical architecture
View ArticleSouthern Restaurant Innovations
Not only are foreign and ethnic cuisines often very well represented in the South, but fusion cooking and diverse inspiration have taken off in Southern locales
View ArticleDigging Deep: Southern Stone
Southern quarries may not be the most beautiful things in the world, but some of the most beautiful things in the world have certainly been made from their offerings
View ArticleOut of the Miry Clay: The Inspiring Story of Augusta Savage
With the wet clay she was given, she molded and shaped a life of her own choosing—regardless the accepted societal convention of the day
View ArticleSeersucker and Sweet Tea: The Most Beautiful College Campuses in the South...
Here’s to that sanctum of sweet perfection, the Southern college campus
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