Regular Tours
These are the three most commonly booked tours:
Downtown Nashville in the 1940s
PHOTO: Nashville Electric Service
* Hidden Nashville -- On this walk we'll take you to places few tourists go and recount tales even fewer of them know. We'll tell you the seedy history of "SoBro" and the inside story of how it became so high falutin'; tell you Nashville's real Civil War legacy; and explain why the city is here in the first place. If all goes well, we'll venture into the city's most remarkable sanctuary; check out the city's century-old shopping district and tour downtown Nashville's crown jewel. Meets at Fifth and Broadway, in front of the Sommet Center
Ned Buntline, a Nashville resident until he was nearly lynched
PHOTO: Buffalo Bill Historical Center
* Nashville the Wild West -- During the country's first 100 years, Nashville WAS the west -- where big dogs were bred to be military weapons, lawyers carried handguns, and charming strangers were lynched for smiling at married women. For better or worse, Nashville sent Andrew Jackson to the White House and gave America the president that annexed California (but didn't treat him with respect after his death). And heaven help you if you were a newspaper editor! More than one met his fate the honorable way. Meets at First and Broadway, across the street from the Riverfront Park flagpoles.
The Grand Ole Opry -- a show meant to sell life and accident insurance -- in the 1930s.
PHOTO: Metro Nashville Archives
* Wall Street of the South -- Nashville is a city where fortunes have been made and lost, a city that used to be the financial capital of the South. On this tour we'll learn about greed, thrift and good ol' hard work: the man whose business empire controlled the South during the 1920s; the man who pinched so many pennies that his company could afford to build the city's first skyscraper; the insurance company responsible for country music; and the man who made Kentucky Fried Chicken a national company. And why do those bank buildings look so funny side by side? Meets at First and Broadway, across from the Riverfront Park flagpoles.
