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.