10 Franklin Experiences You’ll Want to Add to Your Summer Bucket List
READ MORE: 10 Franklin Experiences You’ll Want to Add to Your Summer Bucket ListFrom the solar eclipse to the Northern Lights—plus the kind of perfect weather that makes everything bloom just right—it’s been a spring for the record books in Franklin, Tennessee. The summer promises to be just as amazing, with bucket-list events and happenings throughout the season. Summer means our area farmers markets are at their peak,…
8 Great Ways to Make the Most of Franklin’s World-Class Music Scene
READ MORE: 8 Great Ways to Make the Most of Franklin’s World-Class Music SceneIf you’re looking for live music in Tennessee, you might first think of Memphis or Nashville and their acclaimed venues of soul, country, jazz, rock, and beyond that have brought up iconic musicians of our time—but don’t overlook the hidden charm of Franklin, whose roots run equally deep. Just twenty minutes down I-65 from historic…
A Look at the New Peacock Hill Park, A Nature Lover’s Paradise
READ MORE: A Look at the New Peacock Hill Park, A Nature Lover’s ParadiseThere’s no better way to savor Franklin’s beautiful spring weather than with a hike. The area’s lush green foliage, pastoral countryside, and profusion of flowering plants and trees make spring walks here feel like you’ve stepped into a children’s picture book — and this spring, we have a brand new park that’s destined to become…
How to Have Your Best Day Ever at The New and Improved Factory at Franklin
READ MORE: How to Have Your Best Day Ever at The New and Improved Factory at FranklinOver the course of 95 years, The Factory at Franklin has seen its town through thick and thin. Originally constructed as the Dortch Stove Works in 1929, it survived the Great Depression […]
These Cool Springs Restaurants Are Sure to Please Every Palate
READ MORE: These Cool Springs Restaurants Are Sure to Please Every PalateVisitors are often drawn to Williamson County’s historic sites, our Main Streets, our backroads, and hidden gems. But just north of Franklin lies the Cool Springs area, a business district […]
See Spring in Full Bloom on Franklin’s 5 Best Wildflower Hikes
READ MORE: See Spring in Full Bloom on Franklin’s 5 Best Wildflower HikesFall is so vibrant and gorgeous in Franklin that it tends to get all the attention — but in this longtime Tennessean’s opinion, spring is just as glorious — particularly […]
7 of the Most Jolly Holiday Favorites in Franklin for Visiting Family
READ MORE: 7 of the Most Jolly Holiday Favorites in Franklin for Visiting FamilyWashington Irving famously said that Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality. More bluntly, Garrison Keillor explained that the lovely thing about the holiday is that it […]
7 Spots for Family Fun on the Farm in Franklin
READ MORE: 7 Spots for Family Fun on the Farm in FranklinFall is in the air in Franklin, Tennessee—shorter days with cool mornings and sunny afternoons invite the leaves to turn, while the smell of bonfires and sounds of high school marching bands punctuate the evenings. Across Williamson County, farmers are getting their crops in and preparing for a season of rest and replenishment. It’s a…
The Ultimate Franklin Fall Bucket List
READ MORE: The Ultimate Franklin Fall Bucket ListFranklin is certainly a sight to behold in the fall. The crisp weather, vibrant blue skies, autumn leaves, and harvest decorations make walking through the town feel as if you’ve stepped inside an autumn-themed Hallmark movie. Take a drive down the country roads outside Franklin and the red, orange, and gold-hued hills of Williamson County…
You’ll Love The Story Behind The Factory at Franklin’s New Carousel
READ MORE: You’ll Love The Story Behind The Factory at Franklin’s New CarouselKen Means has been carving his legacy for 30 years. Now, it’s about to come to life at The Factory at Franklin in the form of a carousel full of Means’ menagerie of animals, chiseled from wood and painted from his imagination. Means started his career as a truck driver, but art was what occupied his mind…
48 Hours in Franklin: How to Experience the Perfect Fall Getaway
READ MORE: 48 Hours in Franklin: How to Experience the Perfect Fall GetawayIt’s hard to put your finger on what makes fall in Franklin, Tennessee an other-worldly experience. It might be that the temperatures give way from summer’s brutal heat to provide us with a small reprieve—a sigh of relief. It might be the vast stretch of changing leaves up on the Natchez Trace, with bits of…
Ready for a Road Trip? 9 Can’t-Miss Stops between Memphis & Franklin
READ MORE: Ready for a Road Trip? 9 Can’t-Miss Stops between Memphis & FranklinAs a born-and-raised Middle Tennessee guy, Franklin will always have the majority of my heart, but I spent my youth making the road trip to Memphis to visit family and […]
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