Beach Happy

Beachscapes: The Coastal World Through Frank Behrens' Lens

Thirty years of chasing coastlines: photographer Frank Behrens shares images from the Cook Islands, Bondi Beach, Thailand and Iceland.

Byron Chism with his barbecue cookers in Freeport, Florida

Butt Rubbin' at the Beach: Byron Chism's Barbecue Empire

A neighbor with a smoker, a pig in a chef's hat, and 25 years of championships — how a Santa Rosa Beach chef turned mason jars...

A beekeeper tends a hive on the Fairmont Waterfront rooftop

The Bee & Bee: A Rooftop Apiary Above Vancouver Harbour

Bare-handed in a hive 3 floors above the harbor — inside the Fairmont Waterfront's Hives for Humanity partnership, plus four more resorts putting bees at the...

Every beach on the island possesses a unique character of its own.

Beaches Abroad: Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

No passport required — the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the seabed drops 1,000 feet a quarter mile off Cane Bay and a bottle...

Pour It Out Into the Night: The Revivalists' Love Letter to New Orleans

Bluegrass, beach vibes, synths, pop-funk and gospel — the eight-piece from the Big Easy stretches the New Orleans palette without losing the thread.

"I think everyone now agrees, and recognizes Robert and Daryl's genius — it really adds character to Seaside."

Stuck in Paradise: 5,000 Stickers on a Seaside Airstream

No politics, no sports, no doubles. Barefoot BBQ's Murph on 18 years in Seaside, 10,000 stickers to choose from, and the 30A history that surfaces when...

Poseidon's Trident. Illustration: Maja Milojevic.

Mermaid Mixology: Five Cocktails Inspired by Sea Myths

Sirens, naiads, Poseidon, the Kraken and a selkie — five original recipes drawn from marine mythology, with illustrations by Maja Milojevic.

The Ultimate Beach Game: A Short History of Cornhole

14th-century Germany, pig bladders full of dried beans, and Cincinnati, Ohio — how a murky origin story became America's most reliable beach game, plus the rules...

Rum barrels on the shore with a tall ship beyond

The Pirate Potation: A Foggy History of Rum

Kill-devil, rumbullion, grog and Blackbeard's Toast — how a rough by-product of Caribbean sugar became the spirit of the Golden Age of Piracy.

Danielle Torley spinning fire poi at the water's edge

Playing with Fire: Danielle Torley Rises from the Ashes

She lost her mother to a house fire at six. Two decades later she picked up a set of burning poi on a beach in Central...

Beach Bars: Chillin' on Northeastern Shores

Six dives, inns and wharf restaurants from Rhode Island to Maine — where pent-up Northeasterners spend the three months a year they can get their shoes...

Tipple Tales: The Legends Behind the Classics

A Tahitian word for 'excellent,' a mining engineer out of gin, and a wartime rum surplus in New Orleans — the origin stories (and recipes) behind...

A zero-proof cocktail on a table above the water

Zero Proof: The Rise of the Beachside Mocktail

Reverse-distilled bourbon, butterfly-jasmine tea and ice stamped by hand — bartenders from Pensacola to Maui are putting the same craft into drinks without the booze.