Before visiting Chattanooga, Raccoon Mountain Caverns wasn’t even on my radar. But the more I researched things to do, the more I noticed how fiercely loyal its fans seemed to be. As someone who suffers from FOMO (fear of missing out), I did what any rational person would do and booked the Crystal Palace Tour…
If you’re planning a trip to Chattanooga, Ruby Falls is at the top of almost every “things to do in Chattanooga” list. Plenty of people write it off as a tourist trap, and I get it. I went in thinking: it’s an underground waterfall, how great could it really be? After taking the Ruby Falls…
Have you ever planned a trip and then the algorithm starts showing you all sorts of content related to where you’re going? That’s exactly what happened to me while planning my trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Hotel Chalet kept appearing on my Instagram feed, and it didn’t take long for me to decide that’s where…
If you’ve spent any time in the South, you’ve seen the signs. “See Rock City” painted on barns, birdhouses, and basically any flat surface someone could get a brush on. It’s either the most effective grassroots marketing campaign in American history or slow-burn subliminal messaging. Possibly both. Either way, it convinced me I might need…
When most people think about things to do in Nashville, they picture Broadway, neon signs, crowded honky tonks, and bachelorette parties rolling through downtown on pedal taverns. But that’s only one side of the city. And not a very good one, if you ask me. I recently spent two days in Nashville and never stepped…
I had the Country Music Hall of Fame tour high on my list before I even landed in Nashville, but I went in with zero expectations about what it would actually be like. What I didn’t anticipate was how much the experience would depend on two things: arriving before the crowds and having a guide…