June 1, 2025
Visit Maker City: Exploring the Knoxville Art Scene In Depth
It’s no secret that Knoxville ranks high up on our list of must-visit destinations. Much of my family was born there, and I’m a...
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September 13, 2024
The Best Cities for Murals in Tennessee: A Public Art Road Trip
Tennessee draws visitors for myriad reasons: music, food, nature, civil rights history and art (yes, art). And if you’re heading this...
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April 4, 2023
How to Experience the Outdoors in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville today is very different than Knoxville in 2005 when I graduated from the University of Tennessee. Back then, Market Square was...
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April 2, 2023
Knox Rocks: The Perfect Weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee
There’s no denying a weekend in Knoxville will give you a crash course into the new and progressive South, one rife in makers and full of...
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September 11, 2020
Honoring Knoxville’s Place in the Suffrage Movement through Paris Woodhull’s Mural
Paris Woodhull came to me via a box of press goodies promoting Porter Flea’s biannual market a few seasons ago. It turns out that I...
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January 7, 2018
Sipping Our Way Through Tennessee’s Moonshine Culture
Our trip along the 26-distillery Tennessee Whiskey Trail ended in the homeland of my grandparents: East Tennessee. But first, we had to make...
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October 26, 2012
A Game Weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee
Even though the Vols haven’t had the most stellar season (*cough, cough*)—let’s attribute that to the fact that the SEC has...
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September 6, 2010
It’s Football Time in Tennessee: What to Do on Game Day in Knoxville
When I decided to transfer schools for my journalism classes and wound up at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, I hemmed and hawed and...
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October 12, 2009
Song of the South: A Tennessee Road Trip
Even though she lives a solid 5,470 miles from me in Copenhagen, Helle Harbo is the friend who has likely visited me the most in the more than...
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