Best of 2023

Atlanta Environ of the Year  -  Everything Elvis Museum (Cordelia, GA)

Southern Thing of the Year  -  Alabama Astronaut

Read  of the Year  -  Cosmic Scholar: The Life & Times of Harry Smith

Showstopper of the Year  -  Russian Decorative Arts, VMFA (Richmond, VA)

Album of the Year  -  The Mexico City Experiment

Cold Thing of the Year  -  Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls  (NOLA)

YouTube Find of the Year  -  Conjunction Junction, KTLA

Far Out Place of the Year  -  The Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum (Littleton, NC)

Time Waster of the Year  -  nixontapes.org

Bookstore of the Year  -  Blue Bicycle Books (Charleston, SC)

Audio of the Year -  The Quest for a Homemade Hovercraft

Atlas Obscura of the Year-Superman (Metropolis, IL)

Biscuit of the Year  -  Country Ham Biscuit, Bomb Biscuit Co.

Business Book of the Year  -  Busting Silos

Falafel of the Year  -  King Tut’s Food Truck (Nashville) 

Best Thing From 25 Years Ago -  Combustication  -  MM&W

Retro Gaming of the Year  -  Southern-Fried Gaming Expo

Coolest Monument - Maplewood Cemetery (Mayfield, KY)

Guilty Pleasure of the Year  -  Cocaine Bear

Geocache of the Year - No Rest For The Weary 

Confusing Mural of the Year  -  Grove's Chill Tonic (Paris, TN)

 

Best of 2022

Southern Thing of the Year - Memphis Listening Lab

 

 Kid Pic of the Year - Seattle Gum Wall

 

 Book of the Year - Dangerous Rhythms

Album of the Year - Not Tight, Domi & JD Beck

 Sandwich of the Year - Jambon-beurre, Viandas de Salamanca

 

Parenting Advice of the Year - 21st Century Dad

 YouTube Find of the Year - Otis Gibbs

 

Atlanta Environ of the Year - Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm

 

Podcast of the Year - Underunderstood

 Gig of the Year - Greyboy Allstars @ Variety Playhouse

 

Business Book of the Year - Founder Brand

 

Espresso of the Year - Houndstooth Coffee Austin, TX

 

 

Time Waster  of the Year - Portable Antiquities Scheme Hoard Search 

New Atlanta Restaurant of the Year - Tio Lucho's

 

 
Amazing Discovery of the Year - Wreck of the Endurance

 

 

Tinned Fish Experience of the Year - Boho 115 Decatur, GA

 

 Children's Book of the Year - True Meaning: A Look Into Cemetery Symbolism

 

 Record Store of  the Year - All-Ages Access London

 

 

Consumer Good of the Year - Great Fellow Stagg EKG Kettle

 

Fried Pickles of the Year - Clocked! Athens, GA
 

 

RIP Joe Bussard

Best of 2021

 

Book of the Year – It Came From Memphis

 

 Arkansas Thing of the Year – Mountainburg City Park Dinosaurs

 

#Tinnedfish of the Year – Wildfish Cannery Sockeye Salmon

 

Album of the Year – I Be Trying, Cedric Burnside

  

 

Instagram Obsession of the Year – Hand Carved Stamps

 

Atlanta Restaurant Pop-up of the Year – Mighty Hans

 

Southern Thing of the Year – Buffalo National River

 

Podcast of the Year – Tomb with a View

 

Atlanta Street Food of the Year – Lángos, Palacsinta Crepes

 

Jazz Memoir of the Year – The History of Bones

PRH Audio · The History of Bones by John Lurie, read by John Lurie

 

Time Waster of the Year – Stud Terkel Archive

 

Atlanta Environ of the Year – Pasaquan

Gig of the Year – Khruangbin at The Eastern

 

Audio Book of the Year – True Grit Narrated by Donna Tartt

New Restaurant of the Year – Pie Town Tacos, Nashville, Tennessee

 

Reissue of the Year – Philadelphia Experiment

 

New Atlanta Retailer of the Year – Virginia Highland Books

 

Gastropod of the Year – Mystery Spot Banana Slug

Trading Card Find of the Year – Three’s Company

 

App of the Year – Atlas Obscura

 

Inman Park Meme of the Year – No Left On Krog

 

RIP Danny Hutchens