Alabama

Some mornings start with an alarm clock and a sigh. Others start at 4 or 5 a.m. in…

By James Holloway · Aug 21

Some places seem too pretty to be real, and this one sits quietly along a river just south…

By James Holloway · Aug 20

There is a spot near the Alabama coast where classic automobiles park out front and the tunes stay…

By James Holloway · Aug 20

Some folks map out road trips for beaches or mountains. Others gas up the truck and drive five…

By James Holloway · Aug 19

Alabama has a soft spot for diners that have stayed open long enough to feed grandparents, parents, and…

By James Holloway · Aug 19

A cannon fires across the bay each afternoon, and folks stop what they are doing to watch. That…

By James Holloway · Aug 18

Summer in Alabama can turn any afternoon into a slow crawl for shade, yet there is a spot…

By James Holloway · Aug 18

Some places in Alabama seem to have quietly hit the pause button generations ago, and this one wears…

By James Holloway · Aug 17

Alabama has a habit of surprising people who think they already know the South. Beyond the big-name lakes…

By James Holloway · Aug 17

Alabama’s tallest point sits quietly above the treetops, wrapped in national forest and dotted with rocky overlooks that…

By James Holloway · Aug 16

Some breakfast spots draw a crowd before the sun is fully up, and there is a good reason…

By James Holloway · Aug 16

A row of chrome-bright vintage automobiles parked out front is your first clue that this restaurant plays by…

By James Holloway · Aug 15

Somewhere above the treetops in eastern Alabama, the land rises higher than anywhere else in the state, and…

By James Holloway · Aug 15

Tucked into the northeastern corner of Alabama, near the long ridge of Lookout Mountain, sits a small city…

By James Holloway · Aug 14

Tucked along the water in central Alabama sits a place where two old forts, quiet walking paths, and…

By James Holloway · Aug 14

Ninety feet of water tumbling over a rocky ledge sits closer to a small Alabama city than most…

By James Holloway · Aug 13

Some places make you wander a little longer than you planned, and this sprawling secondhand shop in Birmingham…

By James Holloway · Aug 13

Alabama takes its barbecue seriously, and the proof shows up on plates from the Tennessee line all the…

By James Holloway · Aug 12

Some of the best barbecue in Alabama hides behind a modest brick building in a town most road…

By James Holloway · Aug 12

Somewhere along the eastern edge of Alabama sits a small city where a fixed monthly check stretches further…

By James Holloway · Aug 11

Somewhere in northwest Alabama, a public park hides a storybook world where a life-sized castle rises beside a…

By James Holloway · Aug 11

Some of the best breakfasts in Birmingham hide inside a spot so small you might drive right past…

By James Holloway · Aug 10

Some of the best morning meals in Alabama come from a tiny counter tucked into a walkable corner…

By James Holloway · Aug 10

High up on Lookout Mountain, a tiny town of just a few hundred people has quietly become one…

By James Holloway · Aug 9

Alabama has a way of surprising people who slow down long enough to look. Beyond the big cities…

By James Holloway · Aug 9

Somewhere in central Alabama, a river keeps flowing the way rivers used to, wild and unbothered by concrete.…

By James Holloway · Aug 8

Alabama has plenty of small towns where life moves at an easy pace and the loudest thing you…

By James Holloway · Aug 8

Some places hold onto their stories long after the walls come down. In the quiet countryside outside Florence,…

By James Holloway · Aug 7

Alabama has plenty of small towns that reward you for slowing down and staying a while. Some sit…

By James Holloway · Aug 7

Some places let you press pause on the modern world and wander into a slower, simpler era where…

By James Holloway · Aug 6

Some places you can breeze through in fifteen minutes. This is not one of them. Tucked in a…

By James Holloway · Aug 6

Deep in the northwest corner of Alabama, there is a slot canyon so unusual that people compare it…

By James Holloway · Aug 6

Trains rumble past a small Alabama town where a lunch counter has been feeding folks the same homestyle…

By James Holloway · Aug 6

Tucked into the hills of northern Alabama sits a small city wrapped almost entirely by shimmering water, where…

By James Holloway · Aug 5

Tucked away in the mountains of Attalla, Alabama, Tigers For Tomorrow Wild Animal Preserve is one of the…

By James Holloway · Aug 4

Selma, Alabama is a small, historic city sitting along the banks of the Alabama River, and it might…

By James Holloway · Aug 4

Tucked along Highway 82 in Prattville, Alabama, Prattville Pickers is one of those rare places where time seems…

By James Holloway · Aug 3

Tucked away along a quiet back road near Opelika, Alabama, Spring Villa Park holds a secret that goes…

By James Holloway · Aug 3

Tucked away on the square in Scottsboro, Alabama, Payne’s Sandwich Shop and Soda Fountain is one of those…

By James Holloway · Aug 3