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.
What’s in my luggage?
When I was in college, a writing professor told me the secret to writing was economy. That holds true for packing for travel, too. The joy of not schlepping lots of luggage.
Off the Grid on Osa Peninsula
When off-the-grid is more appealing than busy day-after-day, consider Osa Peninsula for the ultimate break.
Muscle Shoals exhibit opens at Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
Jason Isbell performing "Kodachrome," "Wild Horses" and "You Better Move On,” all recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL
Return to 1912 at the Titanic Museum in Belfast
The Titanic Museum in Belfast returns you to the excitement of the 1912 voyage of the White Star Line’s Titanic.
Play in Nashville’s Big Back Yard
Come play in Nashville’s back yard.
Finding family history a world away in Belgium
A visit to Belgium introduced me to a part of my father that had always been a mystery.
24 hours in Paris
We will always have Paris . . . if only for 24 hours. A quick visit came away with a list of the best and worst experiences.
24 Hours in Rochester, New York
If you only have 24 hours in Rochester, NY, here’s your itinerary.
24 Hours in Townsend, Tennessee
If you only have 24 hours in Townsend, Tennessee, here’s a list of must-do experiences.
Blind Willie McTell Music Festival heats up Thomson, Georgia in September
Make plans to take the field at the Blind Willie McTell Music Festival in Thomson September 6.
Travel Quotes to Inspire the Wanderer in Everyone
Many have put into words why we travel. These inspire us. Here they are in one place to inspire you.
National Bourbon Week Sets Stage for 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.
Leaf peeping spots in Georgia State Parks
The best fall leaf peeping spots in Georgia State Parks.
Taste the flavors of Switzerland’s Vaud region
Experience a taste of the Vaud region in Switzerland.
Eat Athens Georgia during Athens Restaurant Week
Your opportunity to EAT ATHENS is here. The kitchen heats up in July with some of the best eats in the South. If you need a little inspiration, pick up our guide to Athens, 100 Things to do in Athens Ga Before You Die.
70 miles in for thru-hikers of the Appalachian Trail in Hiawassee Georgia
Meet me on Mayor’s Monday in Hiawassee, Georgia a North Georgia stop for the thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail. No story is the same.
The mountains are calling in Clayton Georgia
There’s lots to do in the mountains of North Georgia, and Clayton welcomes you with beautiful scenery and some great eats.
How to plan a two-week European trip for the older traveler
Here’s our recipe for booking and traveling for two weeks in Europe.
24 Hours in Philadelphia
If you only have 24 hours in Philadelphia, here’s where to stay, what to do, and where to eat!
Put Art on Your Feet by Melissinos, the Poet Sandal Maker 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 and me.
When I was in college, a writing professor told me the secret to writing was economy. That holds true for packing for travel, too. The joy of not schlepping lots of luggage.