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A close-up photo of an intact trilobite fossil

11-year-old discovers rare 475-million-year-old fossil in Tennessee

While enjoying an evening walk at Douglas Lake in East Tennessee, 11-year-old Ryleigh Taylor stumbled upon a magnificent...

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Scientists hypothesize why earthquakes happen where they shouldn’t

Scientists at the University of Kentucky and the University of Memphis may have learned why earthquakes often occur...

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Abandoned nuclear power plant given new life as a solar farm

Solar farms can pop up in unlikely places - like the site of an old, unfinished nuclear power plant in Tennessee....

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Wildfires in the southeast US are so bad they can be seen from space

An outbreak of wildfires across the southern United States is creating plumes of smoke so vast they can be detected...

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Watts Bar Unit 2 is the first new American nuclear reactor to go online in 20 years

A new nuclear reactor went online in Tennessee recently, making history as the first commercial reactor in America...

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Wildlife officials ignore return of mountain lions to the Blue Ridge Mountains

Mountain lions once roamed the continent from west to east, but the spread of human communities have led to a massive...

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Towable Riverside tiny house packs every conventional amenity into 246 square feet

The small building includes a living room, dining space, sleeping and storage areas, a small porch, and an external...

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Kimbal Musk’s new Memphis eatery will offer healthy meals on the go for $5

Regular readers of Inhabitat know of our continued intrigue with Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, but we haven’t...

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Subterranean Conservation Hall is a glass-walled atrium under the Governor’s lawn in Tennessee

Placed 25 feet below the front lawn, the oval-shaped courtyard is fully glazed. This allows natural light to penetrate...

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Doctor Relives Magical Mountain Childhood with Rustic Tellico Cabin in Tennessee

The house is located in the Tellico Valley - a historically important place where Cherokee tribes used to gather...

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1920’s Grocery Store Renovated Into an Energy-Efficient Home in Chattanooga

The former grocery store had been used as office space until the owners bought it and decided to turn it into a...

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Electric Blue LED Wine Cellar with Gothic Flare by Beckwith Interiors

Say you have a 7 bedroom, 6 and a half bathroom multi-million dollar estate - but you really want it to stand out....

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Nature Conservancy Builds Huge Artificial Bat Cave in Tennessee to Protect Bats from Disease

Flying Fox Colony Photo via Shutterstock A disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) is decimating bat populations...

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Chattanooga’s Crash Pad is World’s First LEED Platinum Hostel

Designed by local architectural designers Blythe Bailey and Taylor Bowers of River Street Architecture, the Crash...

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Curb Resurrects Knoxville Ghost Houses as Elegant, Sustainable Homes

Tricia Stuth and Ted Shelton, the co-founders of the architecture firm Curb, set out almost ten years ago to renovate...

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Living Light Solar Decathlon House Soaks Up the Summer Sun at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The completely self-sustaining home uses passive building techniques and automatic controls to produce its energy...

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Nashville Riverfront Transformed From Wasteland to Cumberland Play Park for Families

The 6.5 acre adventure play park is located on the Cumberland River’s east bank under the Shelby Street Bridge...

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Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Barrel Christmas Tree is the Booziest One This Side of the Mississippi

Standing at 26 ft tall, the tree is made almost entirely of Jack Daniel's barrels stacked atop one another in layers....

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University of Tennessee’s Living Light Solar Decathlon Home is Inspired By Appalachian Cantilevered Barns

THe Living Light Home looks like it may be one of the smaller homes we see presented at this year's Solar Decathlon....

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The New Norris House Brings a 21st Century Sustainable Model for Living to Tennessee

At the time, Norris was considered innovative and a model for modern and efficient living. The town was encircled...

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World’s Tallest Treehouse Built From Reclaimed Wood

When God told Horace Burgess to build a treehouse, he promised that Burgess would never run out of materials. So...

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