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    'Little Grand Canyon' in Louisiana? Well, kind of.
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 18
    • 2 min

    'Little Grand Canyon' in Louisiana? Well, kind of.

    Longleaf Vista in the Kisatchie Forest of Louisiana offers a gorgeous view and a 1.5-mile trail down to a bayou.
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    Cheers to National Bourbon Day
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 13
    • 4 min

    Cheers to National Bourbon Day

    June 14 in National Bourbon Day and we're here to celebrate that spirit.
    10 views1 comment
    Show Your Stripes on Seersucker Day
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 9
    • 2 min

    Show Your Stripes on Seersucker Day

    National Seersucker Day is June 9 and it's especially celebrated in New Orleans, where the seersucker suit was born.
    23 views1 comment
    The Smallest Church in the South?
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jun 7
    • 2 min

    The Smallest Church in the South?

    The Chapel of the Madonna in White Castle, Louisiana, is arguably the smallest church in the South — if not the world!
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    The Witch Tree of Old Louisville
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 26
    • 3 min

    The Witch Tree of Old Louisville

    The Witch Tree of Louisville has a strange history and a following that continues today.
    82 views0 comments
    The Three-legged cat of Natchez
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 18
    • 1 min

    The Three-legged cat of Natchez

    A limping stray cat in Natchez, Mississippi, captured the hearts of City Hall.
    19 views0 comments
    Southern Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 13
    • 3 min

    Southern Writer Spotlight: Mike Nemeth

    Spotlight on Author Mike Nemeth.
    57 views2 comments
    Authentic Mexico in downtown Atlanta
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 5
    • 2 min

    Authentic Mexico in downtown Atlanta

    If you’re searching for true Mexican cuisine and less of the commercialized fare, take a drive down Buford Highway in Atlanta.
    19 views0 comments
    Reliving an Alabama Distillery Raid
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • May 2
    • 2 min

    Reliving an Alabama Distillery Raid

    The South loves a good reenactment, including a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still.
    24 views0 comments
    Best Winery in the U.S. is in Gatlinburg?
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Apr 26
    • 2 min

    Best Winery in the U.S. is in Gatlinburg?

    Mydatingadviser.com studied more than 700 U.S. wineries and the top three were in Tennessee!
    32 views3 comments
    The Demise of Jasper 'Jack' Daniel
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Mar 30
    • 3 min

    The Demise of Jasper 'Jack' Daniel

    Jasper Newton Daniel, otherwise known as Jack, created one of the world's finest whiskeys. But an impulsive moment took his life.
    30 views2 comments
    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Kimberly Willis Holt's Louisiana Sky

    Kimberly Willis Holt is an award-winning author who incorporates experiences in Louisiana in her youth within her stories.
    17 views0 comments
    What’s your 2022 word? Mine is Eco-Tourism
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Feb 23
    • 2 min

    What’s your 2022 word? Mine is Eco-Tourism

    The beauty of the South is in its people, traditions, its vast cultures derived from a myriad of diverse peoples and its road trips.
    19 views1 comment
    Thousands haunt Charleston's Old City Jail
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Jan 11
    • 2 min

    Thousands haunt Charleston's Old City Jail

    Bulldog Tours of Charleston offers a creepy look inside one of the South's most haunted places.
    11 views0 comments
    Southern Winter Irony
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Southern Winter Irony

    The Winter Solstice - how the darkest night brings us hope.
    12 views1 comment
    Chasing Snowbirds
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Dec 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    Chasing Snowbirds

    More than 14,000 Sandhill cranes spend their winters at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama.
    19 views0 comments
    Go Nuts Over the Bushy Tail Art Trail
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Go Nuts Over the Bushy Tail Art Trail

    Squirrels are going nuts about this new arts initiative in Henry County, Georgia. And when you see why, you'll agree.
    142 views0 comments
    Be Kind to Your Ta-Tas!
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Be Kind to Your Ta-Tas!

    Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the country today and one of the most fatal. And it's avoidable!
    8 views0 comments
    Return to Mayberry
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Sep 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Return to Mayberry

    Well, Barn, do you wish you could return to those slow-moving summer days fishing at the creek with a bottle of pop and a baloney...
    23 views0 comments
    Thomas Wolfe's Angel
    Cheré Dastugue Coen
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Thomas Wolfe's Angel

    A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...
    72 views0 comments
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