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
If there’s one thing Dusty and I have learned on the road, it’s that sometimes the best stories come from the waiting. We rolled into Enterprise, Alabama, a little ahead of schedule for our visit to The Depot Museum. The place wasn’t open yet, so we wandered down Main Street toward a landmark that always … Read more
You know those travel days where you spot something so odd you have to pull over, even if it’s just to prove it exists? For me, that’s anything claiming to be the “world’s smallest” or “world’s largest.” So when Dusty and I rolled into Dothan, Alabama and I learned there was a world’s smallest city … Read more
When talking with my bestie about road trips together, she wanted to show me where she was from. She accompanied me on a quick trip to New Orleans, and we very much enjoyed travelling together and exploring the new area, though we didn’t have much time to do so. Naturally, when we finally decided to … Read more
May 26, 2025 by Ki There’s a place just outside Marianna, Florida, where the woods grow quiet… too quiet. Where the moss hangs heavier, the air thickens, and stories refuse to stay buried. That place is Bellamy Bridge Historic Site—a stretch of haunted trail and weathered iron where the line between folklore and history blurs … Read more
May 26, 2025 by Ki | Florida’s Hidden History Some places shape a river. Others shape a region.The Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam does both. Tucked along the state line between Florida and Georgia, this isn’t just a concrete wall holding back water — it’s where the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers shake hands and merge … Read more
Where steel meets stillness in Chattahoochee, FloridaMay 26, 2025 by Ki Some places hold their stories close, like secrets whispered to the river. River Landing Park in Chattahoochee is one of those places—a quiet, green edge of Florida where time folds in on itself and history lingers in the ripples of the Apalachicola. We didn’t … Read more
Chattahoochee, FloridaMay 25, 2025 | by Ki If Florida had a psychiatric hospital with main-character energy, this would be it.Tucked into the sleepy river town of Chattahoochee, Florida State Hospital is where Southern Gothic meets institutional history—where red brick walls still whisper stories of arsenals, asylums, and everything in between. And yes—some people say it’s … Read more