by design | Jul 29, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Taking a day trip to Bush Beans Visitor Center A Day Away By Mike Steely I was at the VA on a medical visit recently and talked with one of the employees there who is new to our area. We chatted about the places most people visit when new to Knoxville and I asked him...
by design | Jul 15, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Taking historic Highway 25W through the mountains A Day Away By Mike Steely Before the construction of I-75 through the mountains between Caryville and Jellico, Tennessee, most of the traffic heading north and south took Highway 25W. When the interstate north or south...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Big Stone Gap A Day Away By Mike Steely Just over two hours northeast of Knoxville is a special small town loaded with history, scenery and myth. Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is in Wise County and near the Virginia-Kentucky state line and at the foot of a gap in...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting those ol’ East Tennessee Jails A Day Away By Mike Steely Here in East Tennessee we are blessed or cursed to have so many old abandoned houses of correction. Yep, scary and historic old jails. And you don’t have to go far to visit one of those old calabooses....
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Somerset A Day Away By Mike Steely Somerset, Kentucky, is one of those small southeastern towns in the Blue Grass State that is worth an afternoon visit this summer. Its history is a bit different than other rural towns in our neighboring state and a day trip...
by design | Jun 3, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Secret Shelter at the Greenbrier is worth a visit A Day Away By Mike Steely When I was stationed in Washington, D.C., in the late 1960s I kept hearing stories of a secret shelter for members of Congress. I remember traveling back and forth from Coast Guard...
