Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story, the Tale of the Memphis U.S. Marine Hospital. The year was 1798 and President Adams decreed there needed to be a hospital for

Its April, 1865 The Sultana has been docked in Vicksburg, MS, preparing to load far more passengers than the steamer is equipped to hold. The passengers are almost entirely Union soldiers who are be

If you were to mention the word Titanic to a random stranger today, and asked them to tell you what that word means to them, theres a very high chance that you would get one of the following respon

Hey everyone and welcome back to Unearthed Memphis! Im Alan and Im Tara We hope you enjoyed our last episode about Memphis Hoodoo and the St. Paul Spiritual Holy Temple. I did! Im still googl

Since its spooky season, I thought we could talk a little about a Memphis urban legend What do you think is one of the most well known urban legends? Id probably say, Voodoo Village. That

This episode came from an idea in a book I saw at Novel, our wonderful locally owned and operated bookstore.While browsing in the Local Memphis section, I saw this book, Memphis Castles - Former Hom

We have to thank a supporter/friend that weve yet to meet, Jerry, who sent us kind of a suggestion for this topic. On one of his daily walks, he took a picture of a plaque on the side of the Evergree

So today were going to cover a topic that hits really close to home for us and by that, we mean that it helps to literally pay for us to live in our home. We are, of course, talking about a place o

Most Memphians will agree on one fact about their home city. Memphis has great tasting water. The water supply in Memphis comes from natural reservoirs hundreds of feet below the ground, and most of that water lies in sand aquifers that sit between lay...

Opening in the 1890s, the Bon Ton Cafe has been operating in some form or fashion in downtown Memphis. Apparently the cafe was originally a saloon in the late 1800s, but was then turned into a restaurant in 1904. Tony Angleos and Charlie Skinner,