Hillsboro High School is hard to miss. The tall, white building trimmed in green sits across from the Mall at Green Hills. And front and center, high above the ground, is the school’s iconic exterior clock.
Curious Nashville: What Happened To The Whimsical Red Grooms Carousel — And Why It Could Spin Again
Listen Even long-time Nashvillians may have forgotten the quirky carousel that used to twirl along the banks of the Cumberland River.
Curious Nashville Podcast: 3 Years Later, The Red Grooms Carousel Is Still Stuck In Limbo
The Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel is no ordinary attraction. The kinetic sculpture celebrates Tennessee history and culture, featuring steam engines, riverboats, giant banjos, mountain scenery, and over-the-top caricatures ranging from Sequoia to Chet Atkins to Tom Ryman. Yet for 15 years, the beloved carousel has been stuck in storage.
Curious Nashville: Reintroducing The City’s ‘Biggest Man’
Sometimes, Curious Nashville questions arrive and WPLN already has an answer in hand. So while there’s less of a journey this time, the inquiry itself was written in a lively way:
Curious Nashville: Why Did O. Henry Choose The City For His Famous 1904 Short Story?
Listen There was a time when one of the most acclaimed authors in American literature set a story in Nashville. In the early 1900’s, O. Henry wrote “A Municipal Report,” a gritty mystery that plays out in a city grappling with its identity. A recent Curious Nashville listener asks if O. Henry had ever actually […]
Curious Nashville: Piranhas, Pink Elephants And Other Wild Animal Mysteries Explained
Fans of Curious Nashville have asked us several wonderful and weird questions about animals, and we’ve answered a few. But until now, that reporting hasn’t appeared in our podcast — and some of the facts and quirky details had to be trimmed out of the stories when they aired on the radio.
Curious Nashville: A Question About Magnolia Trees Can Tell You A Lot About The City
Listen Look around Nashville and they’re hard to miss: Magnolia trees grace the Nashville City Cemetery, Vanderbilt and Belmont universities, Sevier and Centennial parks, and the grounds of the Hermitage, Grassmere and Glen Leven Farm.
Curious Nashville: Why Early Voting Probably Won’t Return To East Nashville
Listen Roughly half of Nashville voters in recent years have been casting their ballots during the two-week early voting period. The convenience of early voting is often cited as a reason. But one place where that’s not an option is in East Nashville.
Curious Nashville: How One Man Created A Peace Sign Visible From The Sky
From the proper vantage point it materializes unmistakably: A gigantic peace sign, cut into roughly 3 acres of forest next to the Nashville International Airport.
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