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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.
Curious Nashville: The Construction Pit That Became Known As A Lake — And What’s Happening Now
For about a decade, a massive Nashville tower project has mostly consisted of a construction pit — eight stories deep and carved into gray limestone like a quarry.
Curious Nashville: An Easily Overlooked Building Is Named After A Remarkable Advocate
Listen The question was about as straightforward as they get for Curious Nashville. The MDHA training center named for Randee Rogers — who was she? The training center is a red brick lump of a building, located in North Nashville, right across from the old Werthan Packaging building.
Curious Nashville: Why There’s A Road Sign In The Middle Of Percy Warner Park
When hiking along one of the trails in Percy Warner Park, visitors may come across a wooden, waist-high sign that reads “Farrell Road.” It stands right next to the wide dirt path widely known as the Warner Woods Trail. It appears to be anything but a road.
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