Tag: Brunswick

A boat carrying 4,200 cars capsized in St. Simons Sound in September 2019—and it’s still there.

But will his death finally force America to see the truth?

On Georgia's coast, there's a lot to explore between the interstate and the islands. For now, when a solitary drive is best. And hopefully soon, when you can mingle with the locals.

On the Georgia coast, which spans 100 miles between Savannah and St. Marys, two things have become apparent during the last decade: Climate change is coming, and it’s already here. If the last decade’s increased tidal flooding initiated a conversation about the changing sea, the hurricane double-header of 2016 and 2017 added a couple of exclamation points. But while the effects of storms will be more severe with climate change, Georgia’s vulnerability to them isn’t new.

In 2007 fate came knocking at the door of Dutch-born rum connoisseur Erik Vonk in a most unassuming form: a gray-haired man in a pickup truck.

Down a dirt rut off Highway 82 near Brunswick, you can bunk up in a screened-in tree house (one of nine) among 133 acres of wetland woods with nothing but a simple bed, candles, and a tattered novel.

This excellent (and endearingly shabby) barbecue joint has been run by the Lee family for more than 40 years.

The best thing on the menu at this hot dog stand is actually the boneless pork chop sandwich.

For just $25 a night—once you’ve purchased a $10 “membership”—get your own screened-in treehouse in the woods.