Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the music capital of the United States, the crossroads of Middle America and the buckle on the Bible Belt. God, Guns, Guitars & Whiskey is an illustrated guidebook spotlighting more than 170 historic sites and artifacts of Nashville. The walking tour of historic downtown Nashville includes extended features on the magnificent State Capitol and the Ryman Auditorium, the mother church of country music. Outside downtown you will tour The Hermitage, Music Row, and the Parthenon. African-American and Native-American historic sites are included. Another section features the text and locations of 240 historical markers. A total of 265 photographs and 17 maps will help you find your way. This book is your guide to museums and libraries, monuments and memorials, antebellum mansions and plantations, bridges and forts, schools and colleges, historic districts, Civil War sites, music venues and shops, skyscrapers and fire halls, parks and public art, government structures and train depots, commerical and industrial infrastructure, and much much more.