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Black and white photo of a police station from a 1904 city directory.
Nashville is a city whose past is often overlooked—or intentionally forgotten—but that doesn’t make it any less fascinating. In Brian Allison’s recently published book, Murder & Mayhem in Nashville, he explores some of the city’s more macabre and peculiar stories.
six buffalo graze in front of a zoo building.
Before the Nashville Zoo opened in 1991, the city nearly purchased animals for a zoo around the time Metro Government formed in 1963. I recently stumbled across this fascinating story and thought it was too good not to share.
Cartoon green book with a crude cartoon yellow sun on top of it.
Looking for a challenge this summer? Work your way through 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up and 101 Movies to See Before You Grow Up!