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