Category: Tennessee

When the Scotch-Irish immigrated to the American south in the early 19th century, they brought along with them stories of ghosts and witches from their homeland. One of these legends that Scottish grandparents told their...

Sullivan County has two abandoned tunnels which are said to be haunted. Click Tunnel on Sensabugh Hollow Road in Church Hill, Tennessee, was originally a natural tunnel which was widened by the Clinchfield Railroad when it laid...

Long Island, Tennessee, is a far cry from its much more famous counterpart, Long Island, New York. Long Island, Tennessee, which is a four-mile-long, half-mile-wide island in the Holston River, was sacred to the Cherokee...

When East Tennessee State University first opened its doors in 1911, it was a training school for teachers. ETSU still prepares teachers in grades P-12, but it also serves Northeast Tennessee’s health care system, educational...

In local folklore, abandoned hospitals are the perfect breeding ground for ghosts, most likely because so many people die there. Not surprisingly, one of the most haunted sites in the entire United States—the Waverly Hills...

The Victorian shingle-style brick house that is now Prospect Hill Bed and Breakfast Inn was built in 1889 of hand-made brick by Joseph Wagner, who served as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War. Wagner was a prosperous...

Highway ghosts are fairly common in Tennessee. The Bristol Highway is said to be haunted by Long Dog, a family pet that was brutally killed by the notorious outlaw John Murrell. People traveling along the old stagecoach road...

East Tennessee includes the Appalachian Plateau and The Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, and the Blue Ridge Region. The Appalachian Plateau derives its name from its flat-topped mountains, like Look-out Mountain, from the...

From a historical viewpoint, Elizabethton is one of the most fascinating small towns in Tennessee. Originally called the Watauga Settlement at Sycamore Shoals, it was the first permanent settlement outside of the original...

In the first half of the nineteenth century, traveling through the mountainous regions of East Tennessee was fraught with danger. Pioneers had to contend with unpredictable weather, hostile Indians, and seemingly impassable...

Roan Mountain is awash in history. For many years, the little town was a whistle stop on the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. The narrow gauge railway carried passengers from Johnson City, Tennessee, to Boone,...

Hundreds of legends have been generated by unusual geological formations. A good case in point is New England’s Great Stone Face. Lovers’ Leaps can be found throughout the entire country. In a remote part of Johnson County, a...