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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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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Six Hours in Flagstaff
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Six Hours in Flagstaff

It’s as must about the journey as the destination. Our ultimate destination, the Grand Canyon. Today, we take a stop in Flagstaff on our way to Williams.

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It’s Who We Are
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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."

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5 Sea-Worthy Moments at The Craignair Inn
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5 Sea-Worthy Moments at The Craignair Inn

Between Rockland, Maine, and Marshall Point Lighthouse sits The Craignair Inn by the Sea in Spruce Head, Maine. The structure began in 1928 when it was built for workers at the nearby quarry on Clark Island. Converted into an inn in 1947, its charm and history lingers through the wooded floors, large gathering spaces, and two innkeepers - Greg and Lauren Soutiea - intent on keeping its history alive.

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2018 Blind Willie McTell Festival
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2018 Blind Willie McTell Festival

In a field near Thomson, Georgia, some of the best blues musicians gather the first weekend in May each year to pay homage to a legend, blues man Blind Willie McTell. As an accomplished guitarist - one who mastered the 12 string guitar and hailed from the tiny, central Georgia town, he never had a hit record or rose to the likes of B.B. King. However, artists like Jack White, the White Stripes, the Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan and others recognized his gift and his contribution to the world of blues.

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The Love Story of Julia Nobles
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The Love Story of Julia Nobles

She appreciated words. He fancied the TV Guide crossword puzzle. She treasured and hoarded chocolate. He showed off his baseball skills in the back yard with grandchildren. She worried more than she should. He leaned over for a kiss to comfort those worries. She loved him, and he loved her right back.

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Brent Cobb and Them
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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.

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Living on ….ISH Time
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Living on ….ISH Time

Even on Sunday morning in a church down south, the melody of Amazing Grace never sounded so good. Each day, as the sails were hoisted and the spiritual anthem echoed throughout the ship, the S/V Mandalay prepared to sail. No matter where he was, each passenger made his way to the upper deck to watch six or more burly men pull and tug ropes until the nine (or less depending on wind need) sails stood at attention. We watched, head uplifted, mouth dropped in awe of the stamina and power it took to get the grand old lady under way. The melody proclaimed we were moving, to another island, to another port. We had no clue of the time of day, just the fact that in the middle of the Southern Caribbean, we were changing course and what would happen between now and then didn't even matter. We had wind whipping through our hair, a bloody mary in hand, and we were open to anything. We were living on . . . ish time.

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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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