Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve, is the holiday on the evening before All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day on November 1. Around 2,000 years ago, the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) was celebrated in ancient Britain and Ireland on November 1, as that was considered the New Year and Read more…
Did you ever create make-shift forts as a kid? Now you can explore the real thing! The Southeastern coast of the U.S. boasts a wealth of historic forts, remnants of the days when this territory was a battleground between the British, Spanish, and French, and later Union and Confederate forces. Read more…
One word: Coquina. Spanish for “tiny shell,” coquina is the local shell stone from which the Castillo is constructed. It is a type of limestone in which shells have been layered on top of each other for millennia and then glued together by slightly acidic rainwater’s dissolving the calcium carbonate Read more…
Edward Teach, or Blackbeard, the enigmatic 18th-century British pirate, was an intimidating figure. His build was tall and imposing, and when raiding enemy ships he would brandish several pistols while smoke billowed around him from slow-burning cannon fuses he placed in his long black beard and hair. Beginning in 1717, Read more…
Going on 300 years old, Savannah is Georgia’s oldest city. It is also America’s first planned city. The shady squares that today’s locals and tourists enjoy were laid out in 1733 by the city’s founder, James Oglethorpe, following a grid plan. Savannah’s founders under Oglethorpe were not debtors snatched from Read more…
Maybe you do not like the look of Spanish moss, but I love it. I love how gracefully it hangs from its perch in the trees and how its blueish-gray garlands gently flutter in the breeze like elegant jewelry. I love it because when I see it, it means I Read more…
You can use that tidbit for you next trivia night, but that is not the tabby I will discuss today. Instead, I wish to tell you about the building material called tabby, which you may find all find throughout the Southeastern United States. So what is tabby exactly? It is Read more…
Each got their start here on the island. Learn how (and much more) below! You’re not the first to wish to spend lazy days enjoying Jekyll Island’s beaches, biking and walking paths, golfing, and more. The island has been a vacation spot for more than 3,500 years. Its earliest settlers Read more…