Tennessee
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Featured Attractions
Statue of Liberation Through Christ
Memphis, Tennessee
Looks like the Statue of Liberty, but can't be -- Lady Liberation is brandishing a giant Christian cross.
Billy Tripp's Mindfield
Brownsville, Tennessee
Brain-boggling network of towering steel girders, which the artist claims tells the story of his life.
Sam Davis, Boy Hero of the Confederacy
Pulaski, Tennessee
Executed as a spy in 1863, the south still remembers Sam with various landmarks and displays including a museum at his hanging site.
X-10 Nuclear Reactor
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Bus tour of the former top-secret Oak Ridge reservation includes a stop at X-10, the world's oldest nuclear reactor.
Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
The Life of Christ has been resurrected as a waxy tourist attraction.
Lincoln Museum on Rebel Ground
Harrogate, Tennessee
One of the world's largest Lincoln collections includes his Walking Stick of Death, and Lincoln depicted as Moses and as a sad clown.
International Towing and Recovery Museum
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The history of tow trucks, complete with many exhibits; a Wall of the Fallen honors those who died in the line of duty.
Elvis Museum
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
See Elvis's honeymoon Cadillac, his shotgun, his softball jacket!
Crystal Shrine Grotto
Memphis, Tennessee
Cavern of rock quartz and semiprecious stones, carved out of the hillside by one man in the late 1930s.
Museum of Appalachia
Clinton, Tennessee
A rural living museum that surprises with devil burls, angel swirls, Apocalypse signage, and a perpetual motion machine.
American Museum of Science & Energy
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Atom Age museum embraces energy alternatives, zombie cam.
Trunkations
The State vs. The Minister's Tree House: Earthly Codes
Crossville - The good news is that the Minister's Tree House will reopen. The bad news is that the Minister doesn't yet know when that will be. Full story
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Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Also see: Complete list of Tennessee attractions.
- Adams: Bell Witch Cave [tips]
- Adamsville: Buford "Walking Tall" Pusser home [tips]
- Bristol: World's Largest Guitar [tips]
- Brownsville: Billly Tripp's Mindfield
- Chattanooga: UFO House [tips]
- Chattanooga: Ruby Falls Caverns [tips]
- Chattanooga: International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame/ Museum
- Clarksville: Atomic Mortar
- Clinton: Museum of Appalachia
- Erwin: Big Mary, elephant hanging site
- Gatlinburg: Dukes of Hazzard Mini-Museum [tips]
- Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge: Meccas of the South
- Gatlinburg: Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens
- Gatlinburg: Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum
- Harrogate: Lincoln Museum on Rebel Ground
- Hurricane Mills: Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch [tips]
- Kenton: White Squirrel Capital of the World
- Kingsport: Giant Skinny Indian [tips]
- Kingsport: Pal's Giant Food [tips]
- Knoxville: Giant Basketball [tips]
- Lake City: The Miner's Circle - Mine Explosion Graves [tips]
- Lynchburg: Jack Daniel Distillery [tips]
- Memphis: First Church of the Elvis Impersonator [tips]
- Memphis: Crystal Shrine Grotto
- Memphis: Graceland
- Memphis: Statue of Liberation Through Christ
- Nashville: Nathan Bedford Forrest statue [tips]
- Nashville: The Parthenon, [tips]
- Oak Ridge: American Museum of Science & Energy, Former "Home of the Atomic Bomb" [tips]
- Oak Ridge: World Trade Center Made of Rusty Debris
- Oak Ridge: X-10 Nuclear Reactor
- Palmyra: E.T. Wickham's Folk Art [tips]
- Paris: Replica Eiffel Tower and Biggest Fish Fry [tips]
- Pigeon Forge: Bear Pits
- Pigeon Forge: Dollywood [tips]
- Pigeon Forge: Elvis Museum
- Pigeon Forge: Tourist Mecca
- Powell: Airplane Service Station [tips]
- Pulaski: Sam Davis, Boy Hero of the Confederacy
- Sevierville: Dolly Parton Statue
- Sevierville: Forbidden Caverns [tips]
- Sweetwater: The Lost Sea [tips]
- Trenton: World's Largest Teapot Collection [tips]
- Wartrace: Strolling Jim the Horse
- Whitwell: Holocaust Rail Car and 11 Million Paper Clips [tips]
