Footnotes Nashville
Two routes. Dozens of stories. One guide who actually loves this city. Pick your walk.
Two miles. Sixty years of history. From the original Quonset Hut — the studio that launched country music — to Owen Bradley Park, RCA Studio B, and the site of one of Nashville's most infamous cold cases. This is the tour that started it all.
You'll walk the sidewalks where producers, songwriters, and artists built an industry from scratch, and hear the stories behind the buildings that still stand — and the ones that don't.
Nashville's most beloved neighborhood didn't happen by accident. This 13-stop, 1.2-mile walk traces the Civil War fortifications, Victorian estates, and mid-century transformation that turned 12 South into the city's most storied mile.
You'll hear about the families who shaped this neighborhood, the battles planned on these very hills, and how a quiet streetcar suburb became — twice over — one of Nashville's most desirable addresses.