Recent Crossroads Clips
Olde Mill Inn Bed & Breakfast
Cumberland Gap, TN
February 19, 2015
During the late nineteenth century, there were about 3,000 working mills in Tennessee, including saw, textile, and grain mills. Today there are only a handful of these historic mills still in operation. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to keep them running. Tennessee Crossroads takes us to Cumberland Gap to visit a family that not only keeps the town's old mill running, they've turned it into a Bed and Breakfast. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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Walker Creek Toffee
Watertown, TN
February 19, 2015
Life seems to get sweeter when you can turn your hobby into your livelihood. That’s exactly what Cathy and Bruce Mott did when they started Walker Creek Toffee Co. From their home kitchen in Dekalb County Tennessee to a restored historic building in downtown Watertown, TN, the couple is making toffee for the masses. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads. Walker Creek Toffee Co. is permanently closed, but you can watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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Mike Clemmer Dulcimers
Townsend, TN
February 05, 2015
Historians seem to disagree on what the first musical instrument was nor when it was created. However, one thing is certain, music has been instrumental in the development of mankind. Closer to home and much more recently, Tennessee Crossroads met a fellow in east Tennessee who continues a musical tradition that's played an important role in the settlement of the state. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more.
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Sweet P’s BBQ and Soul House
Knoxville, TN
January 29, 2015
When you're cooking up some really good southern Barbeque it takes a lot of talent to do it just right. Tennessee Crossroads met a very talented musician in East Tennessee who gave up the honky tonks and juke joints for a Barbeque Dive that's really been music to his ears. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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Wayne Brezinka Portrait Artist
Nashville, TN
January 29, 2015
There is something about the actual objects someone used or wore or created that makes us feel a connection to that person. Wayne Brezinki feels that connection, too and, as Tennessee Crossroads found out when we visited his Nashville, TN studio, Wayne uses objects in the unique portraits he creates. Join us Nashville Public Television to find out more.
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Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
Townsend, TN
January 22, 2015
It started out as a normal road improvement project near the Smoky Mountains, but as Tennessee Crossroads discovered, it led to the creation of a living tribute to this historic area of the state. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Harrogate, TN
January 15, 2015
Tennessee Crossroads takes us along as she explores the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Harrogate, TN that you might not have know existed, at Lincoln Memorial University that you might not have heard of either. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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Stratford Sparta Bots
Nashville, TN
December 18, 2014
When you where growing up did you think math & science were fun? Even if you did, you might have hidden that fact from your friends, afraid of being though of as not hip or cool. Things have changed, and now nerds can be as popular on campus as any sports star. On Tennessee Crossroads we found out when he met members of the "first" team of Nashville's Stratford Magnet Stem High School Sparta Bots. Join us Nashville Public Television to find out more.
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Mid-South Live Steamers
Columbia, TN
December 18, 2014
Early in 2014, Crossroads aired a special called "Riding the Rails." The show is all about railroad culture in Tennessee and features our visit with a group called the MN Steamers. Recently we made a return trip to the Columbia, TN park where club member engineers were sharing the joy of riding the rails, in a small way. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Mid-South Live Steamers.
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Edward’s Steakhouse
Clarksville, TN
November 20, 2014
As the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens. Tennessee Crossroads explores this with one local Clarksville, TN family who are passionate about keeping the doors to an historic old building open as a fine dining experience in a casual way. Join us Nashville Public Television to find out more about Edward's Steakhouse.
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Raluca Iancu – Car Crash Artist
Knoxville, TN
November 17, 2014
When you pass by a fender-bender, chances are you take a look at the drivers sanding by the road talking to a police officer and think something like, "Sorry for those folks, but glad it's not me." What you almost certainly would not think is, "That's a work of art." Most people don't think that way, but then Raluca (ray-looka) Iancu (yan-koo) is not most people as Rob Wilds found out when he visited her art studio in Knoxville, TN.
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