It’s safe to say that Tennessee has made a name for itself in whiskey production. After all, Jack Daniels is perhaps the most well known brand of whiskey world wide. Believe it or not, one of Nashville’s newest distilleries once gave ol’ Jack a run for his money. The history of Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery is…
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3 for Free – Nashville, TN
This issue of 3 for free is going to be based around my hometown of Nashville. I’m not Nashville’s number one fan by any means, but it does seem to have gained some traction on the tourist front in recent years, so I’m happy to help out others intent on going there. Even though I…
Camping Out at Dollywood
Dollywood is a weird place, everyone who’s been there knows that. I’m so torn on my feelings about Dollywood. I love a theme park and it is very well themed. Of course, I also love a gay icon and I just wish it were more camp. It’s one of the few places in the world…
How US Airways Stole Christmas
If you follow me on twitter, you were privy to this break down in real-time, but for those of you who do not, here’s a totally unbiased personal narrative featuring the fine folks at US Airways. MCO to BNA via CLT I arrived at the airport on Christmas day, an hour before my flight as…
10 Haunted and otherwise Spooky Places- Halloween Edition
What better way to finish off a Halloween night than by revisiting some of my more bizarre travels? The following are 10 of the eeriest places I’ve visited. 1- Carnton Plantation, Franklin, TN The subject of my last post, a civil war era plantation that was used as a hospital during the battle of Franklin…
The Potential Haunting of the Carnton Plantation
In honor of Halloween I’m going to revisit one of my favorite spooky locations, The Carnton Plantation in my hometown of Franklin, TN. Now, I’m a sucker for a ghost story and I grew up in Franklin, TN, a small town that’s still milking the Civil War because that’s the last interesting thing that happened…