Belle Meade Plantation

Starting in 1806 with a log house, three slaves and farmland located right next to the original Natchez Trace Road the Harding Family created a 5400 acre farm with 156 slaves by 1861 and then lost the entire estate to debt in 1903. The stories of those generations of Hardys and their slaves are well presented at the plantation. The mansion and grounds are informative as well as beautiful. Well worth a visit.

Belmont Mansion

The mansion that slaves and cotton profits built rehabilitated itself into first a women’s college in 1890 and then provided the grounds and initial buildings for what is now the thriving Christian-based Belmont University. I have never seen a prettier set of grounds for a university and the house tour is a lovely way to spend a pleasant afternoon.

Berry Hill

Music and Nashville are inseparable. The creativity that flows around music always needs a new fresh outlet. When the traditional Music Row, near downtown became to staid and expensive, new recording studios were created in a small, funky area of town. The celebration of music is fiercely announced here by the abundance of murals and wall art. Go see for yourselves!

Country Music Hall Of Fame

Chock Full of information, guitars, instruments, costumes, and information, with music surrounding you as you move through the exhibits, this is a fun museum!

Cheekwood Gardens

We had the good fortune to visit Cheekwood Gardens in the spring during their rightfully famous Spring Garden Show. The Spring show was extraordinary, but the gardens themselves are exquisite and worth taking your time seeing.

Music Row

We drove through it looking for it and then doubled back realizing that Music Row does not advertise itself much. There is little showy or grand. Most of it, is, in fact, rows of ordinary looking houses and business buildings. Such a surprise.

Natchez Trace Parkway

From Nashville to the Tennessee line this is an absolutely spectacular drive! Beautiful, awe-inspiring, the historical generator of all that went on in the south, the current US Scenic parkway tells the story of this region. Worth every minute of your time.

National African American Museum Of Music

Quite possibly one of the finest, most cutting edge and wonderful museums we have ever visited. We WENT BACK TWICE! We recommend you go see this one first if you only have a day in Nashville.

Ryman Auditorium

The Ryman, an entertainment venue in downtown Nashville, began life as a place of worship and was transformed into the “Carnegie of the South” beginning in the 1920’s by a savvy show promoter named Lula Naff.  Over time it became the home of the Grand Ole Opry.

The Ryman has hosted an extensive array of entertainers, including country music artists, over the years.   A tour of this lovely theater is a real treat!