Historic Jonesborough TN: Where History and Storytelling Come Alive

We’re continuing our backroads adventures as we meander through Tennessee’s hill country. In our last adventure we explored charming Greeneville TN, home to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. Read about our visit to Greeneville here. Today we’re traveling east thirty-three miles to Tennessee’s oldest city, Jonesborough. Jonesborough is worth the detour – hands down it […]

Country Roots: Bristol Tennessee

Today we’re continuing westward after our adventures in charming Abingdon Virginia towards the city that straddles two states Bristol TN. As a singer-songwriter, Bristol has long been a pilgrimage destination for me as it is the ‘Birthplace of Country Music,’ because it was here in 1927, that record producer Ralph Peer of Victor Records in […]

Waterfall Wonderland: Cookeville TN area

In July, I was excited to spent a day in the Cookeville TN area. I was first introduced to the area when I attended Belmont University in Nashville, which is an hour west from Cookeville. Cookeville lies in the heart of the Cumberland Plateau, where the Appalachians collide into the lush high hill country. Cookeville […]

Destination Nashville

Nashville is a crossroads of culture and life. Located on a bend in the Cumberland River amid the rolling hills of Tennessee’s mid-country, the city was founded in 1779 as a Fort Nashborough. The town developed into an important trading post and economic center, becoming the state capital in 1843, after long being the state’s […]