Recent travelers agreed the National Civil Rights Museum should be at the top of anyone's list of things to see in Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new walking trail offers visitors and residents a new Memphis perspective.

Tony Kail is author of the book A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals. On Saturday, he’ll lead a walking tour of hoodoo points of interest down Beale Street.

Memphis, which celebrates its bicentennial in 2019, has recently experienced revitalization across a patchwork of neighborhoods, each with its own distinct history and character.

The afternoon was for me the extra special bit, as I was given a personal tour of the Stax record museum. Stax, and indeed Memphis itself, was (is) the centre of soul music in the 1960s, with ...