KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Mead’s Quarry at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville is back open after being closed for almost a month due to a potentially-toxic algae. A health advisory was issued on March ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. With the hot summer days approaching, there’s no better way to cool ...

Renovations to Augusta Quarry at Fort Dickerson Park were supposed to finish by this summer, but the popular South Knoxville swimming spot will be closed for the second summer in a row. The quarry ...

The month of August brings a once-a-year chance to swim in a former quarry, do a bike tour of quilt gardens and dine at a cookout that immerses you in cast-iron cuisine. Not to forget a cool, wooded ...

A second man has drowned this summer while swimming at a lake on private property at a former mining site in Manchester in Ocean County. Victor Arias-Peralta, 18, was swimming in the quarry at the ...