Old Gray Cemetery Tour
Old Gray Cemetery Tour
Knoxville, TN
Just north of downtown Knoxville, Old Gray Cemetery is a little-known historic jewel. Founded in 1850 as part of the rural park cemetery movement, it became a popular destination for carriage rides and picnics in its early days. The name was suggested by Henrietta Reese, wife of the first president…
Sun, Jun 28 2015
2:00 PM
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Sun, Oct 18 2015
5:30 PM
Design Your Own Tour
Design Your Own Tour
Knoxville, TN
Gunslingers and ghosts? Authors and architecture? Or maybe you want to take one of the regular tours at an irregular time. There are way more fascinating Knoxville stories than we'll ever have time to tell, so book a reservation and let us know what you'd like to see. Times may also be flexible so …
Thu, Sep 13 2012
3:30 PM
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Fri, Nov 30 2012
4:30 PM
Gunslingers Tour
Gunslingers Tour
Knoxville, TN
Family feuds and wanted outlaws. You'll relive the days when Knoxville was the wild west and Gay Street was the OK Corral.Highlights: Old City Outlaws—famous fugitives and hometown homocides left their signatures in lead on Central and Jackson. Kid Curry and Buffalo Bill Cody were just two of the t…
Fri, Jul 20 2012
7:00 PM
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Sat, Mar 26 2016
6:00 PM
Civil War Tour
Civil War Tour
Knoxville, TN
It's the 150th anniversary year of the siege of Knoxville, one of the most sharply divided cities during the civil war. Occupied by both sides with recruiting offices set up on Gay Street on the same day, Knoxville was home to spies, street fights, and family fueds that outlasted the war. Visit th…
Sat, Mar 2 2013
11:00 AM
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Fri, Mar 25 2016
12:30 PM
Knoxville Musical History Walking Tour
Knoxville Musical History Walking Tour
Knoxville, TN
Tribal to TechnoKnoxville's story has always been set to music, from the time when the poetic rhythms of the native Cherokee tribes still echoed in the hills and the ballads of the Scots-Irish settlers were sung around campfires on the riverbanks. Immigrants from all over the world brought new inst…
Fri, Apr 4 2014
5:00 PM
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Sun, Mar 20 2016
12:00 PM
Holiday History Tour
Holiday History Tour
Knoxville, TN
An old-fashioned Knoxville Christmas shopping list: bear, roller skates, basketball, and fireworks. Guns and knives optional, but useful. Come stroll downtown Knoxville and remember a time before Christmas trees and mistletow, before an English writer and a German businessman dragged the city shoot…
Fri, Nov 30 2012
3:00 PM
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Fri, Dec 18 2015
7:00 PM
Literary Heritage
Literary Heritage
Knoxville, TN
Home of Cormac McCarthy, Nikki Giovanni, James Agee, and more. You'll visit the scenes that inspired them and walk in the footsteps of their characters.We're still fine-tuning this tour to pare it down to 90 minutes, so tell us what you're most interested in. From George Washington Harris and Franc…
Thu, Nov 15 2012
3:00 PM
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Sat, Mar 19 2016
12:30 PM
Shadow Side Ghost Tour
Shadow Side Ghost Tour
Knoxville, TN
Brave souls who enjoy a chill can join us for a trip into Knoxville's shadow side. The city's history of blood-stained streets echoing with gunfire is full of restless spirits. Visit their haunts and hear local legends of ghostly apparitions.
Sat, Sep 15 2012
8:00 PM
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Thu, Oct 29 2015
9:00 PM
Shadow Side 2: Ghosts of the Old City
Shadow Side 2: Ghosts of the Old City
Knoxville, TN
Old City Ghosts (for downtown ghosts, see or our original Shadow Side Tour) The lively entertainment section now known as the Old City wasn’t always so friendly. The neighborhood has a history of dark times and dark deeds, and the remnants that remain aren’t just in the architecture. Formerly kno…
Thu, Oct 1 2015
7:30 PM
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Fri, Oct 23 2015
9:00 PM
Knoxville Early Years Walking Tour
Knoxville Early Years Walking Tour
Knoxville, TN
Step back over two centuries and visit Knoxville's founders as you listen to the stories of the settlement of White's Fort and establishment of the capitol of the Southwest Territory at the headwaters of the Tennessee.
Fri, Jul 6 2012
9:30 AM
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Sat, Mar 26 2016
12:30 PM
