Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Tennessee

While in Tennessee, you might enjoy a visit to:

A statue of a barefoot, young Dolly Parton with a guitar is sometimes rubbed for good luck. Dolly grew up in Sevierville.
~5 miles from Pigeon Forge.

A hard-to-miss burnt-orange marker for the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
~23 miles from Pigeon Forge.

Classic tourism throwback. Bears lounge in pits, while humans with cameras yell, "Hey, BEAR!"
~25 miles from Pigeon Forge.

A 75+-year-old gas station roughly shaped like the Spirit of St. Louis, or maybe a biplane. The locals are trying to preserve it.
~30 miles from Pigeon Forge.

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