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If you’ve ever set foot in a place that changes you—quietly, without ceremony—you know the feeling I had walking into Arlington National Cemetery for the first time in 2013. This wasn’t just another tourist stop near Washington, D.C. It was the kind of ground where history and memory breathe together. I’d come on a business … Read more
By Ki | Travel Made Personal – Alabama Road Trip #2 If you’re hunting for a hauntingly beautiful stop in Alabama, look no further than the J.D. Holman House on Broad Street in Ozark. With its sweeping porch and red-brick façade, this turn-of-the-century mansion doesn’t just catch the eye—it captures the imagination. It’s the kind … Read more
Alabama Road Trip #2 | Side Road Saturday We were headed to chase ghosts, if I remember right.A haunted house, a tip, a rumor. But then a brown sign blinked past our window: Claybank Log Church. Dusty and I locked eyes.The brakes answered before we did. There’s something magical about unplanned stops—the kind that don’t … Read more
There are places on a map—and then there are places on your soul. The Carillon and Bell Tower in Ozark, Alabama, may not draw highway billboards or souvenir shops. Still, for the folks in Dale County, it rings with something more profound: memory, service, and a stubborn pride that refuses to fade. Between Bells and … Read more
If you ever find yourself traveling through the Florida Panhandle, Florida Caverns State Park in Marianna is one of those stops that lingers long after the road trip ends. The first time Dusty and I visited, we weren’t really sure what to expect. Caves in Florida? It felt out of place. But after taking a … Read more
If your idea of a perfect detour involves skeletons in sunglasses, drive-thru art galleries, and sculptures that whisper “what even is this?”—you’re gonna want to make a stop in Seale, Alabama. Because tucked just off the rural backroads is a place that defies logic, expectations, and probably a few zoning laws. Welcome to the Museum … Read more
If you’ve ever wandered into a cemetery expecting silence and stone, you might be surprised by the sound of your own heartbeat quickening. That’s how it felt the first time I stepped up to Little Nadine’s Playhouse Mausoleum in Lanett, Alabama. It looks like something lifted straight out of a childhood storybook: a tiny brick … Read more
If you’ve ever wondered what it might feel like to step inside someone else’s imagination, Pasaquan is your doorway. Tucked into the quiet backroads of Buena Vista, Georgia, this place isn’t just art—it’s a world. Painted walls stretch into the pine-scented sky, mosaics blaze in the sun, and every corner feels like it’s whispering: come … Read more
There’s a quiet corner of southwest Georgia where history rises from the earth itself. Not as bricks or ruins, but as immense, grass-covered mounds — the lasting fingerprints of a civilization that thrived here more than 1,500 years ago. Welcome to Kolomoki Mounds State Park in Blakely, where the line between past and present blurs, … Read more
There’s something about downtown streets in small Southern towns. They don’t just tell history — they live it. In southeast Alabama, Downtown Dothan and Downtown Slocomb stand just 30 minutes apart, yet offer two completely different flavors of charm: one lively and mural-covered, the other quiet and neighborly. Both are worth slowing down for. Dothan: … Read more