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.
Read the narrative. Make the plans. Book the dates. Go.
Featured Posts
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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.
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.
Find Sanctuary at the Historic Tapoco Lodge
Choose the travel trend of slow travel as the journey and the destination slow to a leisurely rate. Located in the Western North Carolina mountains, discover the Historic Tapoco Lodge, where adventure and luxury merge.
Synchronous Fireflies
Every year, for only two weeks and in only one place in the United States, fireflies (or lightning bugs) synchronize their mating pattern. All at one time. Find them in Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky Mountains.
North Carolina is waiting for you. Enjoy the nostalgia of a drive-up motor lodge and the warmth of a mountain lodge. Discover both at the restored Rhode’s Motor Lodge in Boone NC.