In rural Mississippi, near Alcorn State University, a small church makes a stately but unusual silhouette. Bethel Presbyterian Church is missing its steeple and its hind-end but it has managed to survive in this spot near Port Gibson since the 1840s. Sweetums and I stumbled on the church while visiting Windsor Ruins, which is located… Continue reading The reason this rural Mississippi church has such odd architecture
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We’re raising the Southern out of kids and I want to register my displeasure
If you missed last week’s column on It’s a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com), you can read it by clicking here. Below are the first paragraphs. The universe needs a talking-to and I know just who needs to do it – a coalition of Southern mamas. And we need to do it lickety-split because we are just… Continue reading We’re raising the Southern out of kids and I want to register my displeasure
The Old Mill from ‘Gone With the Wind’ was like a painting
From Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26, Sweetums and I drove 2,150 miles from Huntsville, Alabama, to Fort Worth, Texas, and back again. I am posting the stops in order of the trip. Most sites will be included in my upcoming Guide to Southern Oddities. Last stop!!! This is the last recap from our… Continue reading The Old Mill from ‘Gone With the Wind’ was like a painting
Model trains deliver your food directly to the table at this fun Arkansas eatery
From Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26, Sweetums and I drove 2,150 miles from Huntsville, Alabama, to Fort Worth, Texas, and back again. I am posting the stops in order of the trip. Most sites will be included in my upcoming Guide to Southern Oddities. Stop No. 19: All Aboard Restaurant and Grill 6813… Continue reading Model trains deliver your food directly to the table at this fun Arkansas eatery
This Victorian bathhouse was more like a mansion filled with odd torture devices
From Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26, Sweetums and I drove 2,150 miles from Huntsville, Alabama, to Fort Worth, Texas, and back again. I am posting the stops in order of the trip. Most sites will be included in my upcoming Guide to Southern Oddities. Stop No. 18: Fordyce Bathhouse Museum, Hot Springs, Ark.… Continue reading This Victorian bathhouse was more like a mansion filled with odd torture devices
