Traveling Tuesday: Things To Check Out In Columbia

Jul 01, 2025 at 12:56 pm by kready


  • Fifty minutes south of Nashville, Columbia is the home of the 11th U.S. president, a thriving art community and great eats

  • Start your morning with a cup of coffee and pastry or breakfast sandwich at Muletown Coffee Co.

  • The Columbia Arts Building has locally made goods and art classes hosted by local and regional artists at Pottery What Knottery

  • Bad Idea Brewing, located at 510 N Garden Street with Ollie & Finn’s sandwich counter, offers a variety of high-quality craft beers

  • Amuse'um Children's Museum has fun exhibits for children up to 8 years old. The museum is open Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

  • The Mulehouse, formally a 1936 historic church, is now a premier music and entertainment venue

  • James K. Polk Ancestral Home has the largest collection of the former president’s artifacts in the country

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