The Big Red Store in Appleton has history as rich as they come. Established in 1902, the store featured a wide array of merchandise that included everything from coffee to coffins. Today The Big Red Store has been reopened and remodeled to reflect it's original charm. Upon remodeling some original store items were still present. The Nine Patch Star Quilt was among the items surviving the test of time.

If you are interested in America's frontier days, the Ralph J. Passarella Museum is for you. The museum offers a hands-on experience by showcasing items such as newspapers, magazines, books, toys, tools, quilts, medical equipment, telephone receivers, telephone operator's switchboards, soda fountain, wood burning kitchen stove, church vestments from the local Catholic community, vintage clothing, and so forth. The Ralph J. Passarella Museum is located on Main Street in Loretto, beside the Loretto Telephone Company and is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Garner have been farming all their lives. Now semi-retired they admire the slow pace of country living and the beauty of the countryside.

A mother stitched quilts for her two boys while they went to fight in the Confederate Army. The youngest never came back to take his gift so their mother slept under the quilt until her death. The quilt is faded in one section and it is said that is where the sun shown through the window to the bed.

The Historic Ladies Rest Room is a historical site in Lewisburg, TN. It is a special structure that is on the National Historic Registry. What is fascinating about this Historic Ladies Rest Room is that it was built and remains one of the few freestanding public rest rooms; most of these ladies rest rooms were in dry good stores, county seats, or some other public area.

These lounges was an area that a rural woman could go to freshen up, eat, relax, after a long day of shopping or running errands or wait while her husband was out and about town. She could even bring her children here if needed. It is assumed that without these kind of facilities, women would not have left their homesteads which would have affected the economy due to the female's buying power.

The Marshall County Historical Museum, located in the Hardison School Annex, was established in 1996 by the Marshall County Historical Society. The museum houses artifacts of Marshall County and its residents. Exhibits include primitive tools, a loom, spinning wheel, examples of handmade furniture, medical apparatus and instruments, World War I and II memorabilia, vintage clothing and jewelry, ladies hats created by Jack McConnell, old quilts, a Marshall County fossil collection, a churn, butter molds and scales, numerous old photographs, and thirty-seven years of the Marshall County Historical Quarterly. The museum is governed by a board of directors composed of members of the Historical Society. Volunteers oversee the daily operations of the museum.

The Chamber chose the Kaleidoscope quilt pattern to represent the constant change of our economy. The quilt square was painted by local artist, Savannah G. Weaver (age 19) in memory of and in honor of all the talented Marshall County quilters. September 6, 2012.

The Athenaeum Rectory is all that remains of an extraordinary school for girls which flourished from 1852 to 1904. This school taught the girls everything a well educated young man would have learned at the time, including physics and calculus. The Moorish Gothic architecture of the Rectory sets it apart from all other buildings in the area. The interior of the home has been newly renovated and boasts beautiful flashed glass with gold dust in its construction, a lovely cast iron fountain, and an original chandelier. Changing exhibits are featured in the home throughout the year.