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A Kid's Best Friend
Across the blacktop from my childhood home in Point Clear is a vast wetland of tall pines, briars and pitcher plants. When I...
Opposites Attack
The University of Alabama Text by Ellis Metz As an Alabama fan, I don’t think about Auburn all that much, ...
Just Wing It
1. GET BAKED Island Wing Company, the newest joint to open in Mobile, preps their wings a little differently: They’re baked instead...
Turning Over a New Reef
Did you know Alabama has the largest artificial reef system in the U.S.? It’s true. In fact, we have more than 20, 000 of...
Yoga By Air or Sea
High-flying Workout Ribbons of silk dangle from the ceiling all over the room. Bright red, royal blue, deep purple, soothing...
Cousin Camp
Five years ago, Millie McNeil cooked up a recipe for some serious family fun. Now every summer, for one wild and...
Our Air, Land & Sea
NEW HEIGHTS
Cruise to an altitude of 2, 000 feet in a hot air balloon ride above Baldwin County. Up, up, and away is an...
An August Dawn Remembered
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, a fiery contest took place between Union and Confederate forces at the mouth of...
Defending Confederate Mobile
A key piece of Confederate Mobile’s defensive strategy was its naval squadron. Like the army, the navy changed commanders several times, but...
Ask McGehee
After sitting vacant for more than 40 years, the southwest corner of Conception and St. Francis streets will reportedly be the site of...