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Weird Southern Spring Festivals
This time of year, Southerners celebrate all good things in their festivals. And we mean everything!

Cheré Dastugue Coen
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All Hail Fall, Y'all!
Now that temperatures are dropping, it's time to get outside and enjoy the South's fall festivals, foliage and food.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Sep 26, 202411 min read
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Oz lives on in Beech Mountain
The beloved Land of Oz theme park in western North Carolina returns for its autumn festival on select weekends in September.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 23, 20243 min read
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Southern Holidays Can Be Weird
We honor a Christmas pickle and a doll with an ice cream cone for a hat. Among others!

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 8, 20233 min read
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Atlanta Airport May Surprise You
There's lots to see and do at the world's busiest airport.

Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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New Orleans' International House Celebrates Vodou's Holiest Day
Priestess Sallie Ann Glassman to conduct the annual St. John's Eve ceremony.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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Greek Cities of the South
Apparently, early settlers had a great fondness for the classical world.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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Berry College: 14 acres to every student
Berry College in Georgia sits on the world's largest campus.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Stranger Things at The Lucky Rabbit
The Lucky Rabbit in Hattiesburg recreates scenes from the Netflix hit "Stranger Things."
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jul 1, 20221 min read
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The Three-legged cat of Natchez
A limping stray cat in Natchez, Mississippi, captured the hearts of City Hall.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
May 18, 20221 min read
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Reliving an Alabama Distillery Raid
The South loves a good reenactment, including a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
May 2, 20222 min read
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The buried leg of John Bell Hood
Alongside the road in the woods of northwest Georgia lies a grave containing only a leg.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Apr 15, 20223 min read
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Southern Winter Irony
The Winter Solstice - how the darkest night brings us hope.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 21, 20212 min read
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Holiday Happenings
Southern towns that celebrate the holidays in unique and unusual ways.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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Happy Birthday Bunk Johnson
The Bunk Johnson Jazz, Arts, and Heritage Festival and Shadows-on-the-Teche will celebrate New Iberia’s Bunk Johnson with a surprise party.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Dec 4, 20212 min read
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The three graves of Robert Johnson
Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the Mississippi Crossroads. Where he's buried is another mystery,
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Nov 19, 20213 min read
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Fear the Woods in Central Georgia!
There's a creepy side to the family-friendly Yule Forest in Stockbridge, Georgia. It emerges every fall.
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 29, 20212 min read
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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!
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 19, 20213 min read
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The Haunting of Evelyn Cheesman & Her Magic Violin
Piecing together the life of Evelyn Pearl Cheesman and "Her Magic Violin."
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Oct 10, 20216 min read
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The Day the Civil War Stopped
Sometimes there's grace even in war. I live in a Georgia town where Union soldiers are buried in a national cemetery and the Confederates...
Cheré Dastugue Coen
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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