backroad travel

Alabama Road Trip #2 — Day One

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Roadtrippers map showing the driving route from Orlando, Florida to Dothan, Alabama with planned historic and cultural stops along the way.

Gravestones, Ghost Towns, and the Long Way Toward What Matters Some road trips begin with wanderlust.This one began with unfinished business. On Alabama Road Trip #1, Dusty and I did what we thought was right at Bethlehem Cemetery—but “right” didn’t quite stick. Time, weather, and the quiet cruelty of neglect had already erased almost everything … Read more

Romeo Ghost Town, Florida: The Forgotten Community Behind the Legend

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Romeo Church of God in Romeo Ghost Town, Florida, an overgrown historic community in Marion County

In Marion County, beneath Florida’s pines and sprawling oaks, there is still a place called Romeo. The town is gone. But Romeo isn’t. And that distinction makes this one of my favorite kinds of ghost towns. You won’t arrive to find abandoned streets lined with collapsing storefronts. There isn’t a preserved downtown waiting beneath the … Read more