Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and members of his extended family wave to a crowd from the caboose of the official Homecoming ’86 train.Vanderbilt University Special Collections photoForty years ago, communities across Tennessee were preparing for…
Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and members of his extended family wave to a crowd from the caboose of the official Homecoming ’86 train.Vanderbilt University Special Collections photoForty years ago, communities across Tennessee were preparing for…
The night before I snapped this photo, a heavy rain poured down on Middle Tennessee. I knew the humidity would be high the next day and that the rain would drop the temperature overnight into…
How a nearly century-old mansion has become a welcoming point for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans In 1929, William Ridley Wills, the founder of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, built a 15,500-square-foot Georgian-style home…
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya AngelouFlitting about the landscape from flower to flower, butterflies add an air…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="224"] by Bill Carey | The Tennessee History Guy[/caption] I’m aware that not everyone has connections to Vanderbilt University. But if you are interested in the Civil War, the Methodist Church or…
Have you ever been walking in the woods and heard a loud drumming or the rat-a-tat-tat echo of something banging on a hollow log? Chances are, it was one of these guys — the magnificent…
“Barred Owls”Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF 200-400 mm ƒ5.6 L IS USM with 1.4x built-in converter at 540mm, lens at 540mm, ISO 3200, ƒ5.6 at 1/125 second, Gitzo tripodSometimes it’s better to be lucky…
Opry 100 celebrates the past, present and future of the Grand Ole Opry Photographs courtesy of the Grand Ole Opry The inside of the famed Opry House auditorium is still before welcoming thousands of guests…
“Hunter’s Moonlight on Radnor Lake” by Robin Conover, Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF 28-300 mm at 60 mm, Z3.5-5.6 L IS USM lens, ISO 640, /22 at 1/15 second, Gitzo tripodTaking time to photograph…
Drayton Callison seeks out America’s unusual and abandoned sites for his “Dray’s World” videos on his popular YouTube channel. On a trip to Tennessee, he stumbled upon something unexpected in the small town of Sparta.…