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Lancaster, South Carolina

Lancaster County Courthouse

This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.
Canton, Georgia

Canton Theatre

This historic, century-old theater is still in operation.
Columbus, Mississippi

Tennessee Williams’ Home

The birthplace and original home of the legendary American playwright.
Actress Virginia Gibson, photographed circa 1952, getting into the Thanksgiving spirit in a novel way.
food

7 Surprising Stories About Thanksgiving

Raccoon for dinner, the woman who pitched Thanksgiving, and why turkey isn't even that good.
Roxanne Hoorn November 22, 2024
Beginning in the 20th century, the hunt for the deadly wampus cat was on.
cryptozoology

The Child-Eating Wampus Cat Prowling the American South

Hide your dog; hide your children.
April White May 3, 2024
Itinerary

The Explorer's Guide to Highway 36: The Way of American Genius

Soak in the brilliance on a road trip along this brainy Missouri route.
islands

Podcast: Gullah Museum

A small museum tells the stories of the Gullah Geechee people and how they've shaped America.
The Podcast Team August 9, 2023
<em>There is a Future</em>, 2020
collections

Reclaiming Georgia's Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing April 21, 2023
Store #1837 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
art

The Photographer Capturing the South From Waffle House Booths

Micah Cash’s journey to 125 diners was fueled by burnt coffee, scrambled eggs, and Southern hospitality.
Sam Lin-Sommer September 14, 2022
food

What’s Inside the New Gastro Obscura Vending Machine?

The second iteration is filled with rare and unexpected treats from the American South.
The winding parkway offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
Itinerary

6 Extraordinary Restaurants Along the Blue Ridge Parkway

Road Trips
Sam O'Brien
Purple straw turns golden as it matures.
food

The Return of Purple Straw, an Iconic Southern Wheat

It has a whole team of champions working on its comeback.
Rachel Kester June 10, 2022
Rodney Scott mopping sauce onto whole hogs at Scott's Bar-B-Que in South Carolina.
food

Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Build a Barbecue Trail

The Southern Foodways Alliance is documenting the oral histories of pitmasters.
Diana Hubbell January 21, 2022
Culinary historian Michael Twitty (left) and interpreter Robert Watson pick case-knife beans by torch light at the Sankofa Heritage Garden.
gardens

At Colonial Williamsburg, a 'Landscape of Resistance' Is Thriving Once Again

The gardens of enslaved people left a lasting legacy across the American South.
Omnia Saed November 9, 2021
Jones' Bar-B-Q Diner
Marianna, Arkansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Come on in!
Atlanta, Georgia

Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room & Ping Pong Emporium

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jamil's Steakhouse

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.
First Lady Grace Coolidge in 1926 with what was meant to be dinner.
food

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.
Luke Fater November 26, 2019