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My family took a weekend trip to Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green. Only an hour north of Brentwood, Beech Bend is Nashville's closest amusement park. We loved its old-fashioned atmosphere and slow pace. Older kids may try the wooden rollercoaster and water park slides.

Find out how you can get free admission to the Hermitage, Mansker's Station, and a handful of other Tennessee museums. It's all part of the Smithsonian Institute's national Free Museum Day this September 29th.

If you're planning Tennessee vacations, you don't need to go all the way to Gatlinburg to find handmade crafts, historic antiques, and fine art! Fall in Nashville offers unique local festivals that make vacations at home seem special. We have the tips you need to plan your Tennessee fall vacations around the Belle Meade Plantation's Fall Fest, the TACA Craft Fair at Centennial Park, and the African Street Festival with Fisk University's art galleries.

Lots of ideas for fun things to do for Halloween in Middle Tennessee including Halloween costume shops, where to buy Halloween decorations, Gentry's Farm and other pumpkin patches & corn mazes, haunted houses, and Halloween events.

This article includes information on each of Nashville's fly shops, along with meeting times for both of Nashville's fly fishing clubs, Trout Unlimited and Middle Tennessee Fly Fishing. We also give your our pick for the best Tennessee trout fishing guide book and links to our own articles about fly fishing near Brentwood.

Come along to the opening of Brentwood's newest park! Like River Park and Concord Park, Owl Creek Park is located off Concord Road--but much farther to the east, toward Nolensville.

For fly fishing near Nashville, try the Elk River! Here's info to plan a fishing trip on the Elk: advice, directions, canoe rentals, hotels, and campsites.

It's rare to find free AND fun things to do with kids in Nashville, but Ellington Agricultural Center's Summer Saturdays are the exception. Here is the 2007 schedule for this free living history event convenient to Brentwood.

This herb garden at the Nashville zoo uses crazy paving.

If you love gardening, then you'll love seeing what Master Gardeners and garden experts plant in the Nashville area. Here are a few spots near Brentwood where you can make your own Nashville garden tour.

I hope I can convince you to visit one of best free things to do in Nashville! The Ellington Agricultural Center is a historic estate now owned by the state. You can tour demonstration gardens, take a nature hike, peek into log cabins and study heirloom vegetables and antique farming equipment at the Tennessee Agricultural Museum.

Nashville's best swimming beach is also one of the most fun things to do with kids in Nashville. Check out Percy Priest Lake photos, get directions to the swimming beach, cost of Corp of Engineer day passes, and links to other swimming beaches around Middle Tennessee.

I took a few shots of a reproduction Tennessee outhouse before bursting into laughter. See what the historic notes on the door had to say about using an outhouse!