A small, sprightly white-haired woman wearing a shapeless gray sweater over a summery calico dress looks out her window, her breath smoking the windowpane, and exclaims “it’s fruitcake weather!” A ...

At the most basic level of pop culture, Tennessee is best known for its culturally rich cities like Nashville and Memphis, which also happen to be top travel destinations in the South. Yet Tennessee ...

If you've always longed to see a Louisiana bayou, maybe you should just "buy you" a tank of gas to Reelfoot Lake State Resort Park instead. The unusual Tennessee swamp and lake was formed by the great ...

My love of Reelfoot Lake is rooted in summertime bluegill fishing, but now having duck hunted there, I have come to appreciate this special outdoor destination has year-round appeal. The winter ...

When it comes to earthquakes in the U.S., you probably think of California. But the New Madrid fault in West Tennessee rocked the state with a series of earthquakes between 1811 and 1812, producing ...

When I was a kid, fantasies about the places I’d hunt and fish when I grew up were gleaned from the pages of the popular outdoor magazines. Every once in a while a tale would became snagged in my ...

Years ago after a particularly challenging personal time in my life, an out-of-town friend privately pre-arranged with my Jackson employer for me to take a day off from work so we could spend the ...

HORNBEAK, Tenn. – When Cody Rodriquez graduated from the University of Memphis in 2010 with a degree in Management Information Systems, he knew when he wasn’t working, he’d be duck hunting or fishing.

One of the iconic symbols at Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee is its cypress trees. Tall and majestic, they were there before the earthquakes of 1811-12 when the lake was created. They were there ...