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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The Best of Seeing Southern
Once you experience something firsthand, it changes you. 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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See Rock City Barns
See Rock City Barns will be published March 3, 2026. Stay connected and be the first to know about book signings.
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.
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.
Road Trippin’ to Key West
January is the ideal time to visit Key West. See it all without the heat of summer!
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.
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.
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.
The Last Backyard Juke Joint in America
The last juke joint in America was in Bessemer, Alabama. Gip’s Joint no longer rocks to the music, but Gip’s legacy lives on.
Seeing Grenada
Grenada stirs a wide range of senses within you. From a beautiful, lush rain forest to a dry, poor county to a teeming downtown mecca, it will amaze, delight, and concern you, all in one breath.
Sunday School with Jimmy Carter | Why I Teach
We gathered in this one place, but we could not have been more different. An American president. A former Alabama governor. A Cambodian mail-order bride. A journalist.
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.
Helen to the Atlantic
Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race takes place the first weekend in June each year.
Sunday School with Jimmy Carter | Why I Came
It was one of those things - those bucket list things - that you had to do. I hated that exhausted phrase, but for lack of a better one, this was one of those must-do bucket list entries. I'm not sure I was traveling to Plains for me or for my mama, who had loved Jimmy Carter with every ounce of her being. At 96, my mama had read ferociously, and she always had a diverse stack of material on her reading table - books she had read and ones coming up. And in that stack, always one by Jimmy Carter.
A Walk to Remember
We’ve watched in wonder and fright at Nik Wallenda does what few of mankind is capable of doing.
The Time I Sat Face to Face with Dolly
The time I was face-to-face with Dolly Parton at Dollywood.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
It was a once in a lifetime trip, following Route 66 and understanding how adventurous the road trip was during its early beginnings. We boarded a plane, a train and finally a car to see what all the history is about.
The Valley Below
Experience everything from gold to horseback riding to spa treatments. You’ll find it all at Brasstown Valley Resort and Spa in Young Harris, Ga.
Route 66 Legacy
Route 66 was born of necessity in 1926. From the wagon trails to the route of refugees fleeing the Dust Bowl to the people in search of adventure. As the country changed, the people changed. People became richer and fell in love with cars and the American Road Trip.
Rain-Soaked Resaca Battleground
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Resaca, reenactors gathered in Resaca to relive the event.
Bourbon, please
The Bardstown Collection presented by Visit Bardstown and Bardstown, KY, the Bourbon Capital of the World.
The Battle of Chickamauga Revisited
The 150 year anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga at Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
Where will 2023 take you?
Where will you find yourself in 2023? The world is open and ready for you.


No longer a Mardi Gras Virgin again. Experience America’s Original Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile, AL.