twitty city
former Conway Twitty mansion in hendersonville, tennessee. currently owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network and site of their annual Christmas television special.
Cumberland Caverns, McMinnville, TN
Organ and chandelier (c.1928) rescued from the Loew’s Metropolitan Theater in Brooklyn, New York.
Lobby, Trinity Broadcasting Network
Formerly Twitty City, now the home of Trinity Broadcasting Network, the largest Christian television network in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln's Childhood Home
Once believed to be the actual log cabin of Lincoln’s youth, tests have shown this to be a replica from the 19th century. It is currently undergoing an exhaustive restoration process
Reenactor, Sergeant 1st Volunteer Army
Attendant at an annual gathering of reenactors from Civil War, Mexican Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Korean War.
Pathfinder, Huntsville Space & Science Center
Space Shuttle test simulator, refurbished by a Japanese company in 1983.
Jury Box, Scopes Monkey Trial, Dayton TN
Site of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925 in which the ban on teaching evolution in the public school system was challenged.
Estelle Faulkner’s Air Conditioner, Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner refused to allow air conditioning in his house, Rowan Oak. On July 3rd, 1962, one day after Faulkner’s death, his wife Estelle installed a window unit in her bedroom.
Mason Lodge No. 135, Greenwood, Mississippi
Converted to resemble the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi for the filming of “The Help”.
Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market, Money, Mississippi
Where Emmet Till supposedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Resulted in his subsequent lynching by a white mob in 1955, a sham court proceeding to convict the killers, and thus sparked the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.
Difficult, TN
Site of Civil War encampment now being cleared for suburban development in Difficult, just 5 miles away from Defeated, TN.
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant, Kingston, TN
Site of the largest coal ash spill in United States history, in which 1 billion pounds of coal slurry flooded surrounding waterways and land in 2008.