Caroline Eubanks

Caroline Eubanks is the Lowell Thomas award-winning author of This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States. A freelance writer, her work has appeared in Garden & Gun, Atlas Obscura, Architectural Digest, Mental Floss, and The Bitter Southerner, often focusing on the people, food, and places of the Southern United States. In her career, she’s seen Elvis tribute artists in Mississippi, interviewed a psychic in Florida, and attended Cajun Mardi Gras in Louisiana. She is curious about everything and is usually found in antiques stores and breweries.

All Articles From Caroline Eubanks
Along the cliff lines of Beauty Mountain in New River Gorge

How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in New River Gorge, America’s Newest National Park

New park, maybe, but the New River is among the oldest rivers on the continent

Two men with a jug of moonshine, ca. 1915

It’s Time to Give Moonshine Some Respect

It’s an American tradition and as worthy a liquid as any unaged spirit

Panama City Beach

How to Spend a Weekend in Panama City, Florida

Waterfront restaurants, fishing and beaches galore

Moonshine bust, group poses with confiscated illegal liquor outside Johnson County Courthouse, 1951. Mason jars were used -- but our writer thinks the modern-day use of Mason jars is overrated.

Seriously, Can We Retire the Mason Jar as a Cocktail Glass?

The design makes for a dated and decidedly unpleasant drinking experience

A bottle and a glass of Laws bourbon, from Colorado

There’s Some Great Bourbon Being Made Outside of Kentucky

How distilleries in Colorado, Utah and Texas are setting their quintessentially American brown spirits apart

A shelf of vintage bourbon decanters

The Best Vintage Bourbon Arrives in a Novelty Decanter

Ceramic novelty decanters were a way to promote American whiskey during the mid-20th century

A seasonal variety of gin from Castle & Key on a bourbon barrel

There’s a New Must-Have Spirit in Bourbon Country

Why Kentucky distilleries traditionally known for whiskey are turning their attention to gin

A classic steak dinner from Bern’s Steakhouse.

We Talk to the Florida Somm Overseeing a Collection of 150,000 Bottles

Welcome to Bern’s, the Tampa icon where the oldest wine ever served was a Revolutionary War-era Bual Madeira

busy street with shops

This Gulf Coast Town Has an Unlikely History All Its Own

Tarpon Springs offers excellent fishing, superior Greek food and more

scenic view of low mountains/valleys in virginia.

How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in One of Virginia's Most Charming Towns

Come for the history; stay for the craft beers and kayaking

collage of residences in palm springs

Here’s How to Rent Some Celebrities’ Secret Palm Springs Spreads

If it’s good enough for Leo DiCaprio, Frank Sinatra and Queen Elizabeth….

Virginia's Creeper Trail has some hidden food gems, if you're willing to make some pit stops.

The 35-Mile Virginia Creeper Trail Is a Secret Foodie Paradise

Here are five places to detour when hitting the picturesque Creeper Trail

Catamaran anchored in front of Sandy Spit in the British Virgin Islands

This Is the Best Way to See the British Virgin Islands

And it’s not just for the millionaires of the world

Exterior of the Equestrian Hotel

How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Ocala, Florida

What to see, do and eat, plus where to stay in Florida's elite horse country

The NFA Burger, a smash burger created by Billy Kramer that can be found at a Chevron gas station in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta’s Best Burger Is in a Suburban Gas Station

Not only did we try it ourselves, we got behind the griddle with NFA Burger owner Billy Kramer

Aerial view of Everglades National Park in Florida

Everglades National Park Turns 75 Today, Here’s How to Make the Most of It

From alligators to the skunk ape, wild and amazing creatures await you