A group of 18th century settlers tried to secede and create their own State of Franklin, but Benjamin Franklin himself wasn’t interested
The remains of Martha Brown, the 19th century woman who inspired ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles,’ to rest in peace at last
NASA studied Tennessee’s Flynn Creek Crater, formed 360 million years ago, to prepare for the first Moon landing
The Boy Jones: When a teenager broke into Queen Victoria’s bedroom and stole her underwear
The actor who portrayed Luca Brasi in ‘The Godfather’ was hired as a bodyguard for a real mafioso on the set, until Francis Ford Coppola “fell in love”
Eltz Castle, built in the 12th century, has been the seat of the Eltz family for 33 generations
Mystery solved on the resting place of the prolific Ming Dynasty poet and playwright known as the “Chinese Shakespeare”
Samsung: The electronics conglomerate showing $174 billion in sales began as a college dropout’s idea for selling noodles
Blockbuster: the origin of the term and the story of “The Birth of a Nation,” a controversial Hollywood hit
The Cherokee were repeatedly insulted and cheated by Tennessee officials, including the “Capital for a Day”
