Graceland is always busy with visitors and the mediation garden where Elvis is buried is a must see but is never quiet whilst the tours are on. You are allowed to take a camera with you, but no video... more
It seems like this is the attraction for children under the age of 5 and adults over the age of 60. We got pushed out of the way by BOTH groups. We arrived about 20 minutes early and had a decent... more
Beale Street. With the relocation of the Center for Southern Folklore, Beale Street is quickly becoming nothing more than a row of homogenized corporate chains. Barf. Silky O'Sullivan's (183 Beale)... more
Mud Island is a tourist trap of inordinate description. The museum part is nice enough -- a history of the Mississippi River with fairly helpful presentations.... more
They used to travel up and down the Mighty Mississippi. Now they just take tourists for a round trip of a few miles. Somehow, I don't think the feel onboard... more
Here I am inside the world famous Memphis Belle imagining what it would have been like to be a gunner before my time. I never was much into history, but one day I was browsing through the Memphis...
Located on the Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee borders Arkansas just west of the river and Mississippi to our south. Not only known for the world's best barbecue, Memphis also has a really great...
Only six of us met up in Memphis for this annual reunion of grad school friends who went through the environmental engineering program at the University of Iowa. Rita and I made it a full three-day......
We limped into Memphis with a car that would not accelerate, and stopped at the visitor's center. We had to leave our car at the repair shop for several days and during that time we explored Memphis.
Birthplace to the blues, home to rock 'n' roll, perfecter of BBQ, Memphis has many monikers but its long history is filled with colorful characters, yellow fever outbreaks, and perhaps most sadly the...
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