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Historic Jonesborough, TN, Charms with Tales of Presidents, Civil War and A Ghost

The Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum is an elongated three-story wood building with a porch wrapping the second floor.

The Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum in Jonesborough, TN, was built in 1797.

One of the prettiest little Southern towns, Jonesborough, Tennessee, has a rich and sometimes quirky past. It’s also internationally known as the Storytelling Capital of the World.

While you’re in town, sign up for a guided Town Tour and traverse through history with a costumed interpreter.

Check out my story in Loop North Chicago, “Historic Jonesborough, Tennessee, is a tiny town with big stories to tell,” inspired by a media trip to East Tennessee.

For more information, visit Historic Jonesborough.

Bob the Tour Guide tells us Andrew Jackson once called this log cabin home before he became President of the United States.

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