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Tennessee
Most states have one official state song. Tennessee has 10! And there's a reason for that: Tennessee has music deep within its soul. Here, the folk music of the Scots-Irish in the eastern mountains combined with the bluesy rhythms of the African Americans in the western Delta to give birth to the modern country music that makes Nashville famous.
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Must-see attractions
Chattanooga
Myriad songbirds of the avian variety call Tennessee home, but Chattanooga's newly revamped Songbirds – an innovative interactive learning space devoted…
Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Downtown & the Gulch
This monumental museum, reflecting the near-biblical importance of country music to Nashville's soul, is a must-see whether you're a country music fan or…
Chattanooga
Just ten minutes from downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, rising along the upper rim of the city, Lookout Mountain is rich in both Civil War history and…
Memphis
If you only make one stop in Memphis, it should be here: the sublimely kitschy, gloriously bizarre home of the King of Rock and Roll. Though born in…
Memphis
This dusty storefront is ground zero for American rock and roll. Starting in the early 1950s, Sun's Sam Phillips recorded blues artists such as Howlin'…
Memphis
Housed partly inside the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr was fatally shot on April 4, 1968, is the gut-wrenching National Civil Rights Museum…
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Memphis
Wanna get funky? Head directly to Soulsville, USA, where this 17,000-sq-ft museum sits on the site of the old Stax recording studio. This venerable spot…
East Tennessee
On April 15, 1912, the steamship Titanic sank on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg. The ship's history and the stories of many of her…
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Apr 21, 2023 • 4 min read
- HistoryFrom neon shovels to crystal skulls – the wild history of the Memphis Pyramid
Jul 24, 2020 • 5 min read
Family TravelThis Tennessee family recreated their canceled beach vacation at homeMar 24, 2020 • 3 min read
CocktailsSample bootlegging history at these 4 Tennessee moonshine distilleriesJan 6, 2020 • 4 min read
- MusicLoving Dolly Parton’s America podcast? Plan a trip to Dollywood this Christmas
Nov 12, 2019 • 2 min read
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