The Tennessee Trails & Byways guides can steer you in the right direction, but here are a few places that focus on history, nature, and some of the zaniest spots and events in Tennessee.
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housands of lights, hand-lit luminaries and decorations adorn Chickasaw State Park with holiday cheer Dec. 10-12.
Here’s a look at a travel feature we’re working on for the Summer 2012 issue of Tennessee Home & Farm. Check out our video of zip lining at AdventureWorks in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
The new Tennessee Equine Trail Guide offers a comprehensive list of state attractions for equine enthusiasts, with 50 pages and more than 130 locations.
Rock Island’s natural beauty takes the cake when it comes to attracting visitors.
Perched between the Doe River and the steep slopes of the Appalachian Mountains in East Tennessee, Roan Mountain Bed and Breakfast is an idyllic getaway.
Green thumbs and gardening enthusiasts can ask their tough plant questions and tour the UT Gardens-Jackson at the annual Summer Celebration Lawn and Garden Show on July 14.
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Tennessee farm camps provide a healthy, educational summer alternative to video games, TV and iPods.
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During the second week of January 2009, a weeklong spell of subfreezing temperatures gripped the Southeast. Along with the cold came a soft blanket of snow that we Tennesseans do not often experience.
See hollies en masse at the University of Tennessee Arboretum in Oak Ridge. The Elmore Holly Collection at the UT Arboretum is a research and display garden of more than 200 cultivars of the genus Ilex.
Float down a lazy river in East Tennessee with help from a float service and general store with a storied past.
Three of Tennessee’s top campgrounds include Elkmont in the Smokies, Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville and Meeman-Shelby Forest near Memphis.
Lodestar Farm lets kids get up close and personal with a rare breed of horses.
After taking a bald eagle tour at Reelfoot Lake in February 1993, Nancy Moore realized a life-change was in order.
Test your fly-fishing skills at this Hickman County trout farm.
Tennessee has more caves than any other state.
Farms across Tennessee are experiencing new life as bed-and-breakfasts or overnight lodges. Here are the stories behind a few of these farms-turned-retreats.
If the idea of camping is appealing, but the reality of roughing it is a little, well, rough, discover a back-to-nature alternative without the hassle.
Fireflies light up the night – in synchronicity – each June at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Karl Weinert opened the Tennessee Boat School in 2004, inviting families, friends and co-workers to come to their 185-acre farm in Big Sandy, TN, and build a boat in a day under the instruction of a seasoned boatwright.