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

Surprise! Coconut Rums Are Actually Good Now.

Forget those sickly sweet bottles you tried in college and taste one of these elevated expressions

What Is a Kentucky DSP, and Does It Matter?

For whiskey distilleries, the number is important. But for whiskey drinkers, it could mean very little.

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

It’s Time to Give Moonshine Some Respect

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

How to Spend a Weekend in Panama City, Florida

Waterfront restaurants, fishing and beaches galore

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

The design makes for a dated and decidedly unpleasant drinking experience

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

The Best Vintage Bourbon Arrives in a Novelty Decanter

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

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

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

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

This Gulf Coast Town Has an Unlikely History All Its Own

Tarpon Springs offers excellent fishing, superior Greek food and more

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

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

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

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

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

This Is the Best Way to See the British Virgin Islands

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

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