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Jackson can take you from a steam-era locomotive to a museum of local music legends, then put you face-to-face with famous movie cars by mid-afternoon. So, what can you do in Jackson, TN, when you only have a day? Choose places that give you something distinct to see, hear, taste, or...

Gaylord Opryland is one of those hotels where checking in can unexpectedly become the main activity. That changes how a weekend here works. You do not need a long Nashville checklist to fill two days. A better approach is to pick the resort experiences you genuinely want and add one or...

Chattanooga's best-known attractions have almost nothing in common, so instead of listing dozens of places, this first-timer's list highlights seven spots, each showing a different side of the city. Chattanooga in 60 Seconds Need the shortlist first? For an underground...

Engaged pairs from all over the country choose Nashville, and not only for the honky-tonks. The city now ranks among the South's premier wedding destinations. The settings range from botanical gardens to Greek Revival mansions to Victorian homes a short walk from Broadway. Narrowing the...

Search for restaurants near Nashville International Airport, and the results blur three different things together: places inside the terminal, places genuinely close by, and places downtown that happen to rank well. Hattie B's turns up frequently, and it has a location at Gate C1...

More than 190 acts are confirmed for AmericanaFest so far, with further names still to come. Five nights, dozens of rooms, and enough music that no two people leave having seen the same festival. That's the appeal. Everybody builds their own version of the week of September 15 through...

At 2 p.m., you can cross the concourse in four minutes, past 23 gates and a security line that rarely troubles anyone. Come back after midnight, and the same airfield turns into one of the busiest patches of sky on the planet, managing freight at a scale almost nowhere else...

Three hundred people spent six years hand-carving a carousel here. The city owns the largest municipal park in Tennessee, where a wolf pack lives. The state park down the road put in the kind of accessible trail system most cities never get around to. All of it sits in the Appalachian...

Nashville summers will humble you. By 11 AM in July, the pavement radiates. Spring storms appear on clear forecasts. October mornings that started at 60 degrees end in rain. The good news: Nashville's indoor options are actually strong. Here is how to shape a day that is good on...

BNA will surprise you. Not with size: Nashville International Airport is compact, single-terminal, and most first-time travelers get their bearings faster than they expected. What surprises people is how much it reflects the city it belongs to. Hot chicken at the gate. Live music near the...