Things To Do

Tennessee Is Where Music Meets Adventure

Curious about what you'll do when you live in Tennessee? If you like the idea of hiking through the Smokies or The Appalachian Trail, spending time floating on lazy rivers, enjoying great sport fishing, and checking out dancing in honky tonks, Tennessee is calling you home! This list of fun things to do will take you from Smoky sunrises to neon nights and give you a taste of Tennessee's natural beauty and musical heritage.

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Mike Stover

Tennessee Local Expert

Mike, Our Local Expert Guiding Your Move

Michael is a Tennessee native who has lived, worked, or worn out tires in all three divisions of the state, from Memphis to Nashville to Johnson City, plus plenty of small towns that never make postcards. He once moved from the far northeast corner of Tennessee to the far southwest for college, stayed twenty years, then somehow boomeranged right back to Appalachia. He knows the difference between mountain quiet and river loud, will defend Memphis BBQ like its a birthright, and can point you to everything from out of the way eateries to where locals actually hunt. We are not all barefoot moonshiners, but yes, some of us know where the real stuff is. At Snappy Scout Michael uses that deep statewide mileage to refine Tennessee moving guides so they're as real as a proper BBQ smoke ring, not some oven baked liquid smoke waste of calories.

Written with local insight from Snappy Scout relocation experts

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Hidden Gem Spotlight

Some of the best barbeque in Tennessee is found almost as far from Memphis as you can get and still be in the Volunteer State. Ridgewood Barbeque in Bluff City, just outside Bristol, is famous for piled-high barbeque sandwiches, amazing baked beans, hand cut fries, and blue cheese dip with crackers that are slap-your-momma delicious!