McMinnville, TN

McMinnville, Tennessee's county seat, sits about 70 miles southeast of Nashville along Interstate 40 at Exit 111. The city connects regionally via Highway 70S to Cookeville and Highway 55 to Manchester, with Highway 8 reaching toward Sparta. It's home to Tennessee Tech's Appalachian Center for Craft, where visitors can watch artisans create pottery and metalwork in a striking contemporary building.