Something to talk about
If you love learning new things as much as I do, you’ll want to check out The Chattery if you’re spending time in Chattanooga. This amazing space is a nonprofit organization that believes in educating...
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No confusion here
I’ve always wanted to eat in one of those vinyl igloos that restaurants and bars have. At home, outside of DC, those are always reserved way in advance and usually have a minimum purchase and...
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Art in the Streets
Chattanooga is home to an impressive number of street art projects. I especially enjoyed the large-scale, immersive, installation-style pieces I found all around the Downtown Chattanooga area. All were easy to access, once I found...
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A Drive Thru Gallery
When we heard there was a public art project nicknamed “Chattanooga’s first drive-through art gallery”, we knew we needed to check it out. Artist Kevin Bate dreamed up the McCallie Walls Mural Project while driving...
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Sing with me
Are you ready to rock? Part guitar museum, part intimate music venue, and part charitable foundation providing music therapy, education, and free guitars for southern youth. Whoa! Songbirds Guitar & Pop Culture Museum is a...
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Over the moon
Lemon, Chocolate Mint, Salted Caramel, Banana, Strawberry, Vanilla, and Chocolate. All flavors you can try in a MoonPie! Who knew? MoonPies originated right here in Chattanooga back in 1917. Since then they’ve grown in popularity,...
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Shockingly Cool
Spark boxes are part of a public art initiative in Chattanooga. There are surprisingly more than you realize at first, and I kept seeing more new ones as I traveled the area. I was able to find...
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Worth going to daily
Brunch in a garage? Yes! The Daily Ration was once a gas service station. On days with nice weather, they roll up the garage doors and the inside flows smoothly into the massive patio where...
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“The death knell of the confederacy”
A history tour by car? Led by national park rangers? Sign me up! I was so impressed by the ranger who led our caravan tour of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. He was...
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Learning from the past
Eleven million paper clips in an old wooden train car—what? The Children’s Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell, TN was developed as part of a voluntary after-school program to help middle school students visualize the magnitude of...
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