Are you a curious Nashvillian in search of an unconventional tour of some of our city’s stranger sites? If so, we have a fabulous option for you.
Curious Nashville: Help Us Understand The Tornado Alert System
We want to better understand cellphone alerts, so we’re using our Curious Nashville tool to ask for your help.
Curious Nashville: How The Bordeaux Neighborhood Got Its Name
Nestled in the northwest corridor of Nashville, with lush greenery and rolling hills, the Bordeaux community offers a quiet existence just 10 minutes from the hustle of downtown. For decades, the predominantly African American community has been home to many working- and middle-class families, along with pockets of affluent doctors and administrators from the city’s historically black colleges and universities. […]
Curious Nashville: Why A Rural Town In Middle Tennessee Desperately Wants Better Internet
About an hour east of Nashville, the scenic little town of Granville would love to become widely known as the “Mayberry” of Tennessee.
Curious Nashville: Why Do Gas Prices Vary So Much Across Town?
If you drive a car, odds are you have a rough idea how much gasoline costs. You might even go out of your way to save a few cents per gallon.
Curious Nashville: How Well Do You Know Our City’s Claims To Fame?
Nashville may be known as Music City USA — and, for a few years now, also as the “it city” for tourism — but how did these nicknames begin? And if we’re examining what the city is known for, what are the essentials of hot chicken?
Curious Nashville: How The City’s First Skyscraper Gave Weather Reports — And Why It Stopped
Listen / During the 1950s, checking the weather wasn’t as easy as it is today. But Nashville residents had one unusual option: to look at the city skyline.
Curious Nashville: What’s Inside The Governor’s Old Fallout Shelter In The Woods?
Out in the ridges and thick woods of West Nashville rests an epic remnant of Cold War history. But it is largely unknown. It’s massive. Mostly underground. Once considered of the utmost importance to the state, but eventually ravaged by mold and vandals. It’s the defunct fallout shelter where Tennessee’s governors would have gone in […]
Help Curious Nashville: Tell Us What You Know About This Urban Garden
If there’s an unexpected place to find a courtyard garden in Nashville, it’s along First Avenue in downtown. Despite the riverfront access, this is a gritty street with the sensibility of an alley — where businesses have packages delivered and where a row of touristy bars keep their smelly trash cans. No one really spends […]
Curious Nashville: What’s The Difference Between Refugees, Asylum Seekers And Immigrants?
Listen / The crisis at the U.S. southern border has dominated headlines for weeks. But it can be hard to make sense of who exactly immigrates, and why.
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