Correspondent, Tom Wilmer visits with Dave Jones, the East Tennessee Regional Manager for Tennessee Department of Tourist Development about cool things to do and see in the region www.visitTn.com A visit with Dr. Jessica Turner, Director and Chief Curator at the new Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Tennessee. The facility, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is scheduled to open in August, 2014 www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.com
Jonesborough, Tennessee, the oldest town in the state www.historicjonesboruogh.com is known as the Storytelling Capital of the World www.storytellingcenter.net We’ll discover the National Storytelling Center. And then it’s a walking tour of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville www.nps.gov/anjo/ followed by a stop at the Rocky Mount Museum in Piney Flats www.rockymountmuseum.com
Listen to the NPR.ORG “Journeys of discovery with Tom Wilmer” Discover Northeast Tennessee Podcast: Check out this episode
