Recent Crossroads Clips

Jane Bius - Afro-Lachian Art on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Jane Bius – Afro-Lachian Art

Morristown, TN

November 20, 2008

Jane Bius went to a yard sale a few years ago and it truly changed her life. She saw something there that brought out a side of her that she never knew existed: her artistic side. Tennessee Crossroads traveled to Morristown, TN to see what Jane can do with a gourd. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Afro-Lachian Art.

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Campbell Station Country Store & Restaurant on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Campbell Station Country Store & Restaurant

Culleoka, TN

November 20, 2008

There was a time when the general store was the center of every community, particularly in small towns or in the country. You'd go to the general store to get everything from blue jeans to parts for your plow to a hot meal. Most of those places have given way to chains and big-box stores, but Tennessee Crossroads visited a restaurant that started life as a general store and still has the feel of one called Campbell Station Country Store in Culleoka, TN.

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Larry's Trains on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Larry’s Trains

Clarksville, TN

November 13, 2008

Tennessee Crossroads profiles a man in Clarksville, TN who has taken his model train hobby to a whole new level. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Larry's Trains.

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Silke's Bakery and Cafe on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Silke’s Bakery and Cafe

Clarksville, TN

November 06, 2008

There's a cafe in Clarksville, TN that not only has art on the walls and shelves but on their plates as well. Tennessee Crossroads paid a visit to Silke's Bakery and Cafe and found true European fare and flare. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Silke's Bakery and Cafe.

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Rock Castle on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Rock Castle

Hendersonville, TN

October 30, 2008

You can learn a lot about people by visiting their homes. Tennessee Crossroads takes you on a tour of a Hendersonville, TN home, where a Samuel Donelson once resided. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Rock Castle.

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Gourd Lady at Pappy's Picket Fence on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Gourd Lady at Pappy’s Picket Fence

Gainesboro, TN

October 30, 2008

Tennessee Crossroads' Tressa Bush meets a woman in Gainesboro, TN who makes everything from jewelry to pocketbooks to night lights out of gourds. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Gourd Lady at Pappy's Picket Fence.

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Springfield Town Square on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Springfield Town Square

Springfield, TN

October 30, 2008

Tennessee Crossroads tours the Springfield, TN town square to explore how food can bring parts of a community back to life. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about the Springfield Town Square.

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Treehouse on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Treehouse

Nashville, TN

October 23, 2008

Tennessee Crossroads makes a visit to Horace Burgess, a man who loves treehouses so much that he might just have built the world's largest. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.

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Nashville Ghost Tour on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Nashville Ghost Tour

Nashville, TN

October 23, 2008

If you,ve never seen a ghost, one of our Crossroads cast members recommends you visit downtown Nashville, TN. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Nashville Ghost Tour.

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The Silver Caboose Restaurant on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

The Silver Caboose Restaurant

Collierville, TN

October 23, 2008

Collierville, TN is known as a "train town". Tennessee Crossroads found a restaurant that's carrying on this tradition. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about The Silver Caboose Restaurant & Soda Fountain.

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The Cotton Museum on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

The Cotton Museum

Memphis, TN

October 23, 2008

Agriculture is still a thriving industry in Tennessee, and cotton is still a huge crop. In earlier times cotton wasn't just the livelihood of a farmer, but it was the reason Memphis, TN was on the map. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about the Cotton Museum.

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Thistle Farms -  Magdelene House on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Thistle Farms – Magdelene House

Nashville, TN

October 16, 2008

When you plant a seed, you sometimes get more than you thought you would. That's what happened to the Nashvillians who decided to help women who had had very hard lives. They started with five women in Nashville, TN. Now their efforts have extended to the other side of the world. Rob Wilds recently met the women of Nashville's Magdelene House.

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