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A Southern Gothic true-history investigation of the Spiritualist camp at Natural Bridge, from an 1886 newspaper séance to the empty-chair memorial and records continuing into 1898.
I was at the Walnut Street Bridge grand reopening in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 3, 2026, as the restored pedestrian bridge reopened after roughly 18 months of major renovation work.
An in-depth history of Chattanooga's Walnut Street Bridge, from its 1891 opening and early streetcars through racial terror, near-demolition, pedestrian rebirth, economic impact, and the 2026 renovation.
An in-depth history of Harrison, Tennessee, from Cherokee settlement and county-seat politics through Old Harrison, Chickamauga Lake, Harrison Bay State Park, childhood memories, and modern growth.
I went to Camp Jordan in East Ridge for a quick Joro spider hunt and found 13 of them in less than a quarter mile along a busy walking path-without having to go looking deep in the woods.
A layered history of Moccasin Bend, from roughly 12,000 years of American Indian presence through the Trail of Tears, slavery, Civil War earthworks, the Cracker Line, and modern preservation.
Seven waterfalls around Chattanooga you can see from the road, a short walk, or an easy overlook, plus parking, access, seasonal flow, and a few ways to turn them into an easy day trip.
A practical first-timer guide to Prentice Cooper State Forest, including road classifications, Snoopers Rock, hiking, primitive camping, seasonal closures, managed hunts, and the rules that matter before you go.
Four days after taking delivery of our Hella Yella 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara, we dropped the top and headed to Prentice Cooper for a deliberately easy first family trail day.
What Chattanooga's National Park City designation actually means, why it is not the same thing as a U.S. national park, how the city earned it, and what the seven local commitments are supposed to accomplish.
Why TVA built Chickamauga Dam, how flooding shaped old Chattanooga, what the Tennessee River looked like before Chickamauga Reservoir, and what changed after the river became a managed system.
I went back to one of my old mountain-bike stomping grounds after at least 15 years and used the Bay Point Loop at Harrison Bay State Park for the first real off-road test of my huge Aipas M2 Pro.
I went out for a quick evening ride with no real plan, talked e-bikes and fat tires with another rider, then headed over to a railroad bridge across South Chickamauga Creek that I hadn't seen in years.
I headed out on the Aipas M2 Pro to check out a nearby pond, found the access blocked, kept exploring, and stumbled onto a wooded trail I didn’t even know was there.