Tennessee

The eighty-year-old spent her life refusing to be pigeonholed, constantly redefining success and reshaping the world around her to be brighter and more welcoming. Today, we look back at ten ways the icon left her mark.

Beyond the storied honky-tonks and ever-growing food scene, whiskey producers are raising spirits in Nashville

Step inside a Tennessee priest, sailor, artist, writer, and hostess extraordinaire’s colorful, ever-evolving abode

Lokelani Alabanza channels childhood nostalgia and her forebears in her new cookbook

A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to Music City’s green spaces, cultural hotspots, and culinary highlights

Drawing inspiration from the legendary resort and its stylish cofounder, interior designer Samantha Feuer created the ultimate entertaining hub

A seasonal supper highlighting Smoky Mountains traditions.

Old frames from enviable dead-stock collections get a new, stylish life

The Tennessee bladesmith uses an ancient technique to give old bourbon barrel bands new life

Ten years after his tragic death, Sam Beall’s farm-to-table vision and gospel of Southern hospitality continue to resound across—and beyond—the resort, now celebrating fifty years of family ownership

Live music and Nashville vibes pull this small Tennessee city into the spotlight

The Tennessee comedian is everyone’s darling

The hottest comic on earth is building more than just a Nashville hub of humor—he’s pulling a parade’s worth of funny people behind him

It’s going to be a busy year at Ann Patchett’s Parnassus

Forty years of Dollywood, a Broadway show, and a hotel later, Parton is going strong at eighty

Six years after his death, a new biography examines the talent, charm, and heartbreak of the man behind the music

New Orleans’s buzziest hotelier puts down roots in Music City

Nashville’s greatest new honky-tonk is a seventy-five-year-old downtown landmark

The Michelin Guide canvassed six new states across the region for its selections, including a two-star designation for Emeril’s in New Orleans

As the Commodores ride high, a long-suffering supporter dares to dream