McKnight Train Depot
There aren’t any train tracks in sight by the old McKnight Depot in the countryside around Bethel, Tennessee, and when you’re driving along Leipers Creek Road it sort of jumps out at you and takes you...
View ArticleBarista Parlor
Good coffee shops keep popping up in Nashville faster than we can visit them. Our sister and brother-in-law live there and keep telling us about places we need to go when we’re in town, but there’s...
View ArticlePuckett’s Grocery
There aren’t any restaurants or markets along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, but some of the state’s most famous restaurants can be found by going just a couple of miles off the main road. We’ve...
View ArticleThe Battle of Thompson’s Station
Abraham Lincoln, American historical figure of the moment, made an appearance at the event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Thompson’s Station, but he wasn’t the star of the show....
View ArticleNashville Favorites
History: One of the reasons I wanted to move to Nashville was because it’s so good at preserving its history. I wanted to see the plantations, the Civil War battlefields, all the little meat-and-threes...
View ArticleHey Rooster General Store
When I wrote about some of my favorite places in Nashville for The Simple Things magazine I knew I had to include Hey Rooster General Store. There was no question about it at all. Courtney Webb’s shop,...
View ArticleThe Stone Park of E.T. Wickham
There aren’t any guideposts at E.T. Wickham’s sculpture park. No historical markers or signs to tell the story behind the broken-down concrete sculptures that line a couple of rural roads just outside...
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