Nashville Scene

The state controls the fate of some other endangered sites, such as The Home for Aged Masons (R.S. Gass Boulevard off Hart Lane in Inglewood ), a three-story Colonial Revival-style building constructed in 1913-1915. Full Story »

Attaboy, Brantley Nice piece of writing this past week in the Scene (" Death of A Rocketman ," Nov. 26). Good to see a piece of writing from the Scene that was not politically or religiously biased. Good human interest story while sad. A piece of journalism that was not written with an agenda. Full Story »

By the time you read this, Bernie Ellis will be home on the farm he's had for nearly four decades in the Fly community 12 miles south of Leipers Fork. There'll just be less of it. Full Story »

A couple weeks back, I called my heat-and-air man and asked him to come over and take a look at the Jowers heating and cooling equipment. Like a lot of homeowners, I postponed the call longer than I should have. What with all the warm weather this fall, I forgot winter was coming. Full Story »

I'll never forget my first time. It was New Year's Eve and we had just returned home from a romantic dinner at a catfish house. Full Story »

A property worth saving leased by Metro from the federal Army Corps of Engineers stands at Lock 2 (off Pennington Bend Road) north of the Opryland complex. Full Story »

During this fall's heavy rains, Cave Spring in Shelby Park bubbled up from its drought-stricken oblivion. The spring waters created a shallow stream that ran out of a dark and menacing grotto behind the tennis courts on 20th Street, down a cracked and muddy walk. Full Story »

Another crumbling beauty on the Nashville Nine list is the Gothic Revival Chapel in Mt. Olivet Cemetery (1101 Lebanon Pike), which is believed to have been designed by Ryman Auditorium architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson . The brick chapel has many unique architectural features, such as a cathedral ceiling with its original woodwork in its octagonal vestry, a built-in vault, and pointed arched ... Full Story »

The John Geist Blacksmith Shop & Residences , on Jefferson Street, made the Tennessee Preservation Trust's list of the 10 most endangered sites in the state in 2008. Until it closed its doors in 2006, the John Geist and Sons Blacksmith Shop was thought to be Nashville's oldest business in continuous family ownership and operation. Full Story »

Don't be fooled by the commercials. Babies are filthy little creatures. Their spit-up will absolutely ruin every last one of your shirts. The color, consistency and volume of their poop (and the uses they're able to find for it when left "napping" in their cribs) will horrify you. Full Story »