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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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.

Sopping Sorghum in Blairsville
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Sopping Sorghum in Blairsville

Every October, thousand descend on the small mountain town of Blairsville, Ga., to celebrate everything sorghum. Follow the crowds to Meeks Park, eat a biscuit or climb a pole, and welcome fall.

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Fall at the Folk Collaborative
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Fall at the Folk Collaborative

A stretch of the Blue Ridge Mountains is considered Appalachia. And for the most part, most of us know nothing about these roots. At The Folk Collaborative, in McCaysville, places you in the middle of this culture.

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A Colonel and a Governor: Hardman
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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.

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Pick Mercier Orchard
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Pick Mercier Orchard

Mercier Orchard is a 4th generation family and veteran-owned and operated apple orchard founded back in 1943 by Bill and Adele Mercier. Located in Blue Ridge, Ga, Mercier Orchard offers a bite into Georgia agritourism.

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