The Tennessee Magazine

08/07/2025

Join us at the Wilson County Fair - TN State Fair August 14-23 and compete in our IN PERSON Find the Flag competition. There will be 15 of these signs hidden around the fairgrounds.

- If you take a selfie with one and show it to us at our booth in the Made in Tennessee building, you get a sticker.
- If you find 6 or more, you will be entered to win a Barns of Tennessee book.
- If you find all 15, you will be entered to win an iPad.

08/06/2025

This month marks all 60 Tennessee State Parks covered in The Tennessee Magazine since the start of 2020. Check out details in August’s From the Editor.

When I joined the staff of The Tennessee Magazine as field editor in 2005, we were in the middle of a series of features covering Tennessee State Parks. Some of my first assignments were to spotlight…

08/05/2025

At the Wilson County Fair - TN State Fair this year, we will be hosting Meet & Greets with some of the fascinating people we have featured in our publication. Be sure to visit our booth in the Made in Tennessee building all ten days - August 14-23!

08/01/2025

Cover reveal! The statewide edition of the August issue features this month’s Point of View photo. Check out Point of View along with the full August issue here. https://hubs.la/Q03zMVzG0

08/01/2025

We are goin’ hog wild at the 2025 Wilson County Fair - TN State Fair. From the fair’s esteemed grand opening to a rigorous, real-life Find the Flag competition to even meeting some of our publication’s celebrities — we are honored and excited to be a part of the best 10 days of the year in a way we never have before. We hope you will join us in “bacon” these memories.

Stay tuned for more information on how to join us!🐷🎡

07/31/2025

In this month’s State Park Spotlight, check out Tennessee’s newest state park: Scott’s Gulf Wilderness State Park. (Photo by Stuart Carroll) https://hubs.la/Q03vjfM20

07/30/2025

If you haven’t already, check out this month’s Tennessee History on the Memphis-based Ford factory that closed down in 1957.

The most overlooked factory in Tennessee history managed to survive the Great Depression and World War II, only to be annihilated by the Edsel. Today there are three automobile assembly plants in…

07/29/2025

This winning artwork by Penelope Nicosia from Duck River Electric is so beautiful. We have so many talented young artists enter artwork for our Artist’s Palette contest each month! Check out the July winners here. https://hubs.la/Q03vjb9J0

07/28/2025

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out July’s cover story on Audey Ratliff — “The Left-Handed Mandolin Man.”

How one man took a challenge and strummed himself into a self-taught, world-renowned luthier Audey Ratliff smiles in his shop with one of the F-style mandolins he created. Opposite page…

07/25/2025

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya Angelou — Check out July’s Point of View by photographer Robin Conover here. https://hubs.la/Q03vj9z90

07/24/2025

Check out this July feature on the Tennessee Executive Residence — “The People’s House of Tennessee.”

How a nearly century-old mansion has become a welcoming point for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans In 1929, William Ridley Wills, the founder of National Life and Accident Insurance Company…

07/23/2025

If you haven’t already, check out July’s My Tennessee Notebook — “Dream Keepers.”

Written and illustrated by Antsy McClain Live music, classic cheeseburgers and military uniforms turned an ordinary Thursday night into an unforgettable glimpse at the American dream Aaah, summer.