Oak Ridge, Tennessee Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Oak Ridge and the surrounding area.
New Reports
Museum of Appalachia
Clinton, Tennessee
A rural living museum that surprises with devil burls, angel swirls, Apocalypse signage. 250,000 items.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Junior Banks' Fortress of Faith
Greenback, Tennessee
An incomplete castle hand-built by one man, and later blessed by the Lord. Themed rooms include a throne room and dungeon.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Petros, Tennessee
Hard time prison-turned-tourist attraction, with former convicts as expert tour guides.
The Lost Sea
Sweetwater, Tennessee
It's been lost in a cave. See the sea by boat. It's really a lake, not a sea, but it has hungry fish and helpful tour guides.
Millennium Manor
Alcoa, Tennessee
Built to survive "Armageddon and a thousand years beyond." William and Emma Fair Nicholson erected their indestructible home in 1938-45.
Goonysaurus at Sir Goony's Golf
Farragut, Tennessee
Designed in 1960, the bright orange Goonysaurus is the most distinctive hazard at this vintage minigolf course.
In and Around Oak Ridge
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Tennessee attractions.
- Sweetwater: The Lost Sea
- Sweetwater: The Lost Sea
- Powell: Airplane Filling Station
- Powell: Ciderville
- Petros: Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
- Oak Ridge: K-25 History Center
- Oak Ridge: American Museum of Science and Energy
- Knoxville: Bleak House: Confederate Shrine
- Knoxville: Giant Alex "Roots" Haley
- Harriman: Varicolored Veterans of Valor
- Clinton: Museum of Appalachia
- Alcoa: Millennium Manor
- Oak Ridge: X-10 Nuclear Reactor
- Oak Ridge: Atom Age Gatehouse
- Clinton: Clinton Twelve Statues [tips]
- Farragut: Goonysaurus at Sir Goony's Golf
- Knoxville: Massacre That Saved Knoxville
- Rocky Top: The Miner's Circle - Mine Explosion Graves [tips]
- Loudon: The Bone Yard [tips]
- Caryville: Big Green Dragon [tips]
- Knoxville: Ephraim Dodd, Rebel Martyr
