Introducing Our Winter 2024 Issue 🐎

How a Mule Kick Killed 8 People, the View From a Horse, a North Carolina Journey

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Winter 2024 Issue Preview

• “The Art of Wintering” by Kathleen McIntyre

• “The View From a Horse” by Elizabeth Poland Shugg

• “How a Mule Kick Killed 8 People” by Tom Poland

• “There and Back Again: Pittsboro to Statesville” — Backroad Portfolio’s exclusive guide to getting there the long way

• Discover hidden backroad secrets like the Camelback Bridge (Georgia)

• Visit evergreen destinations like Grayson Highlands State Park (Virginia)

• Learn about historic events that have shaped our region

• Shop for must-have provisions to take on your backroad adventures, and inspirational creations from small-businesses and boutiques

• Read exclusive interviews with cool humans across the Southeast, like photographer Robert Clark

• Contemplate philosophical musings about traveling backroads by award-winning writer Tom Poland

• View featured portfolios displaying fine art by more than a dozen local photographers, illustrators, and artists

• Discover interesting facts about 50-plus towns across the Southeast

• And much more!

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Backroad Portfolio is a new quarterly magazine for explorers.

Travel down roads marked by endless fields, immaculate vistas, and small, cozy towns. Discover the history behind how these backroads came to be for future generations. Meet people who breathe life into the landscape, sharing stories, traditions, and artisanal endeavors that make each stop along the way unforgettable. Escape from the busyness of life on the main thoroughfares.

Take the long way home.

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