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.
Every One Has a Story
Everyone has a story. The inspirational tales told by storytellers. What’s yours?
Love’s Farewell Tour with Donald Davis
Saying goodbye is never easy, but the words of Donald Davis at the International Storytelling Festival put things into perspective.
The Shortest Distance Between Two People is a Story
The International Storytelling Festival arrives in Jonesborough, Tennessee, each year. Here’s a look back at the 2015 event.
It’s Who We Are
Whether it's an inspirational message you seek, a good cry or a buoyant laugh, you will find it at The Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival or the International Storytelling Festival. Wherever tellers are gathered, you will discover the exact sentiment you seek . . . and quite possibly, the unexpected lessons of everyday life from people of all ages and backgrounds who are openly "trying to figure this world out."
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.