The Seeing Southern Travel Magazine
If travel is as important to your life as it is to ours, follow along and discover destinations that will awaken a new sense of discovery. Travel is transformative, illuminating, reviving. Through the stories that you’ll find here, we hope you uncover some locations that awaken a sense of awareness in you that you can’t shake.
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The Best of Seeing Southern
Many journeys change us. We hope you’ll find inspiration from these special experiences and destinations.
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Travel Resources
Where to Stay. What to Eat. What to Do. Our list of favorites in the US and around the world. Updating weekly.
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Uncovering the History of Rock City Barns
Join us as we spend 2024 researching and uncovering Rock City barn history.
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Offering the best of our artwork and print materials plus other small businesses we’d love for you to support. Each has a story.
I’m always on the lookout for items that make travel easier and more efficient. I’m also eager to discover amenities at destinations that I can bring home and utilize in my daily life. Here’s a list of our favorites items, the best luggage, soothing lotions, inspirational books, and all things electronic (including cameras). Here’s our wish list for you.
Robert Tino’s Appalachian View
I met Tino at the Robert A. Tino Gallery in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a spot of land that sits just off a mega-restaurant-shopping center-lined four lane Highway 66. In the middle of progress, he remains true to his Appalachian calling.
The Mississippi River Sings the Blues
The Mississippi River moves with te rhythm of the Delta Blues. A look at Clarksdale, the heart of the Mississippi Blues Trail.
Living on ...ISH Time Aboard the S/V Mandalay
Sailing the Southern Caribbean on the S/V Mandalay Schooner.
National Bourbon Week Sets Stage for 2024 Bardstown Collection
National Bourbon Week is set in Bardstown, Kentucky. It’s time to taste the best in bourbon as seven distilleries release the Bardstown Collection (2024). You can only get it in Bardstown.
Where Golf Carts Go to Die on the Beautiful Island of Belize
Our first international trip post-pandemic found us in Belize. For eight days, Len and I had yet to see the sunrise during our time away, but on this day, we were on our way to the airport to fly home. It was our first look at the early-morning activity that had eluded us during our sleep-in holiday.
A Total Eclipse of the Sun
As the world gets ready for a solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, here’s what you need to know and what to expect. A total eclipse of the sun in 2017 in Murphy, NC.
The Poet Sandalmaker of Athens Greece
The Poet Sandalmaker’s legend is that he has the ability to capture a person’s essence and translate it into a pair of sandals. Find the sandalmaker in his humble shop where he has made sandals for the likes of John Lennon.
Travel Quotes to Inspire the Wanderer In Us All
Many have put into words why we travel. These inspire us. Here they are in one place to inspire you.
The Game in Westeros with Giant Tours Ireland
From Hodor to the Mountain, meet Flip Robinson who brings these characters to life. Visit Northern Ireland and see the GOT filming locations.
5 Experiences that Define a Weekend in Memphis
Begin your adventure in Memphis with these five experiences. This is only the tip of what’s available in Memphis, so this will assuredly whet your appetite for a longer stay.
The Beauty of Bushmills Inn
In the heart of Bushmills, discover The Bushmills Inn. It's original structure - now the restaurant, built in the 1600s as a Coaching Inn, has now become modernized but not at the expense of losing its history.
A Tour Through Belfast
My mother was born the week Titanic sank. Strangely enough, the far-fetched connection has always drawn me closer to this story and the fate of these people. But who doesn't love a romance (of sorts) on the high seas, icebergs, the filthy rich who defied fate, the lower classes in search of the dream that America offered, and a tragedy that miraculously included survivors. It contained all the elements of a masterful drama. Exploring Belfast and Northern Ireland
It’s All About the Shrimp and Grits
The coastal favorite, Jekyll Island’s Shrimp and Grits Festival comes to life this November. If you’re a lover of this Southern dish, mark your calendars and meet us on Jekyll Island.
Freedom at the Georgia Wildlife Center
Welcome to the Center for Wildlife Education at Georgia Southern University. Come meet Freedom, the school’s mascot.
A Colonel and a Governor: Hardman
Hardman Farm is Georgia's finest example of an intact working farm during the turn of the 20th century. The farmhouse has had three owners, the first and builder was Civil War Colonel James H. Nichols. It was called West End because of its location in the valley.
Brent Cobb and Them
There's something about a small rural town. it's very comforting to me. It's like knowing characters, like being on the Andy Griffith show. growing up and knowing these characters had a affect on the type of song I write. Everything comes from that same well of experience. ~Brent Cobb
10 years ago and he’s still climbing.
Where will 2023 take you?
Where will you find yourself in 2023? The world is open and ready for you.
Inside the home and the mind of Southern writer Flannery O'Connor. A visit to Andalusia as it celebrates her 100th birthday in 2025.