The Venus flytrap: everyone’s seen it snap shut on a bug, but most folks don’t realize it’s a true Southern original. This isn’t some exotic curiosity from deep in the …
Venus Flytrap Facts, Habitat, and Care Guide | North Carolina Native Plant Read More
I made fun of birdwatching for most of my life. It sat in the same category as early dinners and talking about the weather—something you eventually drift into, not something …
The Aviary Read More
In October 2006, a crime unfolded in the French Quarter that would become one of the most disturbing cases in New Orleans history. It was not a crime committed in …
SBP Podcast Episode 15: The Zack Bowen & Addie Hall Case: Murder in the French Quarter Read More
Some books entertain you. Some books educate you. And some books grab you by the collar and refuse to let you look away. Demon Copperhead is that third kind. Barbara …
Southern Reads: Demon Copperhead Read More
The Beale Treasure is one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries in American history — a tale of buried gold, encrypted messages, and a fortune that may still lie hidden …
SBP Podcast Episode 14: Beale Treasure -America’s Most Persistent Cipher Mystery Read More
For our January 2026 Book Club selection, we read On Trails, a book that quietly reshapes how you understand movement, land, and the invisible systems that guide both. Robert Moor’s …
Southern Reads: On Trails Read More
When most people think of drug smuggling busts in the United States, they picture high-speed chases in Miami or massive DEA raids in Los Angeles. Few realize that one of …
SBP Podcast Episode 13 : High Tide, High Times (Part 2): The Gentleman Smugglers & Operation Jackpot Read More
Some Southern novels announce themselves with gothic excess — creaking houses, Spanish moss, and ghosts that refuse to stay buried. All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby does something quieter …
Southern Reads: All Sinners Bleed Read More
In Episode 13 of the Southern Blueprint Podcast, we begin a two-part series exploring the true story of the Gentleman Smugglers and the massive federal investigation known as Operation Jackpot. …
SBP Podcast Episode 13 : High Tide, High Times (Part 1): The Gentleman Smugglers & Operation Jackpot Read More
The “State of Franklin” (occasionally referred to as “Frankland” in period documents) was a brief, extra-legal republic created by frontier leaders in what is now East Tennessee. Their aim: to …
The State of Franklin: America’s Lost Four-Year Experiment (1784–1788) Read More