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Curious Nashville

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We investigate oddities, share local history, tell stories of interesting people, and explain how local institutions operate. You ask the questions, and we answer them.

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Stories

  • Curious Nashville: What Happened To The Whimsical Red Grooms Carousel — And Why It Could Spin Again

    March 18, 2019
  • Curious Nashville Podcast: 3 Years Later, The Red Grooms Carousel Is Still Stuck In Limbo

    March 18, 2019
  • Curious Nashville: A Beloved-But-Mothballed Carousel Has A Chance Of Coming Back

    March 4, 2019
  • Curious Nashville: The Do’s And Don’ts Of Nashville Recycling

    February 11, 2019
  • Centennial Park Nashville concrete sculptures

    Curious Nashville: How One Man’s Fascination With Concrete Led To An Odd Pair Of Park Monuments

    January 15, 2019
  • Curious Nashville: Reintroducing The City’s ‘Biggest Man’

    January 4, 2019
  • Curious Nashville: Why Did O. Henry Choose The City For His Famous 1904 Short Story?

    December 28, 2018
  • Curious Nashville: Piranhas, Pink Elephants And Other Wild Animal Mysteries Explained

    December 12, 2018
  • Curious Nashville: A Question About Magnolia Trees Can Tell You A Lot About The City

    December 7, 2018
  • Curious Nashville: The Complicated Past Of A Historic Tuberculosis Hospital

    November 30, 2018
  • Curious Nashville: Why Early Voting Probably Won’t Return To East Nashville

    October 18, 2018
  • Curious Nashville: How A Populist Political Movement Named One Nashville Neighborhood

    September 23, 2018
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