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The State vs. The Minister’s Tree House: Earthly Codes

Monday, April 8th, 2013

The good news is that the Minister’s Tree House will reopen. The bad news is that the Minister doesn’t yet know when that will be.

Monster Head Finds New Home, Stays In Tennessee

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

On January 5, 1989, a blueish, apelike creature was killed by a pickup truck on Sugar Flat Road outside of Lebanon, Tennessee. For some reason the body wasn’t preserved, but the head was.

Decoding The Mindfield

Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

“I think most people have a conversation with themselves, but not in such an oddball way,” said Billy Tripp, creator of the Mindfield, a giant artwork in the little town of Brownsville, Tennessee.

It Pays To Ask Around (or: Hanging Tough on Hanging Rock)

Monday, October 15th, 2012

In an age of GPS/mobile map convenience and on-demand attractions, travelers are occasionally hasty in advising us that an obscure sight is “Gone!” or “Not there!” It may well be gone, but it also might be behind a bush 50 ft. down the road, or dragged into a basement until the local tornado advisory is over.

Hollywood Wax Museum: No Waxy Buildup Allowed

Monday, August 6th, 2012

Like Florence, Italy, in the Renaissance, or Los Alamos at the dawn of the Atomic Age, the Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is an incubator for radical ideas.

Scripture Perfect: Not So Easy in Wax

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

I don’t like things that distract,” said Mark Pedro, art director at Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens, a Christian wax museum in Gatlinburg.

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