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Manic Kentucky Barbecue Adventures: Miss Anita’s Monroe County Pork Shoulder

2020-07-22
On: 07/22/2020
In: American Travel, Kentucky BBQ, Near South

So you like BBQ. But have you had thin-sliced, hot-smoked, and sauce-dipped Monroe County pork shoulder? How about Monroe County shoulder in Monroe County, Kentucky itself? Our goal was to track down this delicacy in its native habitat.

Summary graphic: An older man teaches a younger one how to play the drums, with paintings of Rock-A-Billy legends behind them.

The Call or: How Henry Harrison Made Us Remember Elvis as a Man, Not a King

2017-11-22
On: 11/22/2017
In: Near South

Henry Harrison, owner of The International Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame Museum, wants you to know Elvis, Carl, and Johnny as people, not as mythic titans of music and history.

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Manic Kentucky Barbecue Adventures: A Fiery Welcome to Roy’s Bar-B-Que in Russellville, KY

2017-03-05
On: 03/05/2017
In: Kentucky BBQ, Near South

It was well past sundown when the Ford Ranger rolled up to us in the shadows behind Roy’s. All the employees were gone, and we definitely weren’t supposed to be there. The headlights turned off & the truck crawled closer, like a predator stalking prey.

Exterior of an old mall with text that reads "CULTURE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT: URBAN PLANNING LESSONS FROM THE MALL OF COOKEVILLE, TN"

Culture Where You Least Expect It: Urban Planning Lessons from the MALL of Cookeville, TN

2016-11-13
On: 11/13/2016
In: Near South

We see the MALL of Cookeville, TN as an authentic, local reinvention of a place that the corporate world forgot. Perhaps it can offer urban planning lessons to other communities stuck with abandoned big boxes.

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