History

A new book and Country Music Hall of Fame exhibition tell how a small Alabama community helped put Aretha Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, and other greats on the map

Vince Gill, Bill Anderson, Ashley McBryde, long-serving employees, and more Opry insiders speak to a dozen-plus moments that cemented the institution as country music’s biggest stage

In Camden, South Carolina, archaeologists are tackling some of America’s oldest cold cases

The fascinating, decades-long dalliance between the Crescent City and the Disney version of it, starring a cartoon princess, Creole chefs, mechanical tiki birds, and the world’s most meticulously researched flume ride

As the Southern icon turns seventy, a peek behind the yellow sign

Gogo Ferguson recalls creating the rings that included a nod to Cumberland Island.

G&G caught up with the Braided Heritage author to discuss the fluidity of cooking traditions, the power of the number three, and her summertime happy place

The sacred music of one writer’s ancestors—and the enduring power of the Charleston church—holds space for solace and survival

Atlanta’s Victorian-era Martha Stewart, the surprising vegetable on display at every Gilded Age party, an old-school recipe for orange candy, and more tasty tidbits from Georgia’s Historical Recipes

The Virginia tradition connects generations of Saltwater Cowboys, the descendants of Misty herself, and two islands where wildness reigns

How a letter from a grieving World War II widow in Demopolis, Alabama, helped inspire an eighty-year tradition of Dutch “adoption” and commemoration

Diving deep on the mysterious author

Stir up a toast to Marquis de Lafayette

Four decades later, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain wonderland still sparkles

An Alabama odyssey helps fill in the blank spaces

A husband-and-wife team is bringing the Starland District’s co-op back to life with a pasta bar from chef Kyle Jacovino, among other new tenants

“These are just ordinary people who in a moment of extreme danger or stress did something extraordinary”

This grande dame has some spring in her step

A Western North Carolina landmark for all seasons

There’s never been a better time to put eyes to the sky