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In the shadow of Dollywood and the neon-lit attractions of Pigeon Forge sits a treasure hunter’s paradise that locals have been quietly frequenting for years. The Antique Mall might not have roller ...
Tennessee honors its proud legacy of service this Independence Day, celebrating the Volunteer spirit from Revolution to ...
George S. Cook took the first combat-action photos of the Civil War, of Union ships in Charleston Harbor as they fired on Fort Sumter (detail of ships below).
The Great Smokies Flea Market sits just off Interstate 40 in Kodak, Tennessee, making it an easy detour for travelers and a ...
By Bonnie and Bob Neely Stumphouse Tunnel near Walhalla, South Carolina, is a perfect way to spend a day, as we recently ...
John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.
According to Brown, Civil War Trails is a 100% outdoor history venue that serves multiple constituencies. Visitors want to learn about the distinctive historic footsteps they are tracing.
Holub, who teaches a Civil War elective, emphasized the importance of experiential learning. “You can’t match the experience of students holding 150-year-old items,” he said. Jim Vincent, a collector ...
A Civil War reenactor in Tennessee is facing a $10.5 million lawsuit after exposing an alleged years-long affair between her reenactor husband and another woman in their traveling Civil War troupe ...
Not All The Destruction Was Related To The War Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images. This icy ruin was once the Barnum American Museum, a dime museum in what is now Manhattan’s financial district ...
He died mid-war, in 1863, of complications from pneumonia after being accidentally shot by one of his own men who mistook him for an enemy combatant. William Tecumseh Sherman (Union) Getty Images.
Through the determined efforts of a descendant of a Civil War veteran, his Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery grave in Jim Thorpe finally has a headstone and official military marker. Melanie Akren-Dickson ...