Atlanta’s one of about 150 cities whose bicycle voyages can now be mapped via Google. Shannon Guymon, product manager for the bicycling option on Google Maps, announced the option was live on the official Google blog earlier this week. The point of mapping especially for cyclists is to highlight routes that are likely to be safer [...]

Rolling Stone keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who also happens to be a top muckety-muck at the Mother Nature Network (where I write a column), takes a tour in this video of one of my favorite places: Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. One caveat: There’s a much better way to see the Okefenokee. If you get the chance, schedule an [...]

As I was jogging along the Freedom Parkway trail Friday afternoon, I felt a sense of déjà vu. From the path, I peered into the back patio at Across the Street in the Old Fourth Ward. I saw a make-shift skate park, and benches arranged in a shady semi-circle. I caught a glimpse of a beautiful three-story [...]

Sautee, Ga., is a cute little cluster of buildings on a fork in the road four miles southeast of the tourist’s overdose known as Helen. It’s also a rock’s throw away from the put-in for the first stretch of the Chattahoochee River that’s actually suited for canoeing.