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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, when they were in their sixties.
American Museum of Science and Energy
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge exists because of the atom bomb, but its science museum tries hard to get out from under that mushroom cloud.
Atom Age Gatehouse
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Built during the depths of the Cold War to keep Communist spies away from a uranium plant. See the searchlight and gun portals; peer through the bulletproof glass.
National Enquirer Live!
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Shocking! Scandalous! Scenes from the tabloid come to life in a museum about shocking and scandalous headlines.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Graceland
Memphis, Tennessee
The forever home of Elvis, and still a pilgrimage destination for his never-lessening legion of fans.
Titanic: World's Largest Museum Attraction
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Outside: a replica of one half of the doomed ocean liner. Inside: costumed actors, crashing, freezing, drowning, crush depth family fun.
Alcatraz East
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
America's most comprehensive museum of crime. Bonnie and Clyde's movie Death Car, OJ's low-speed chase Bronco, Tennessee's electric chair, plus a hands-on CSI lab, serial killer relics, and much more.
Home of Buford "Walking Tall" Pusser
Adamsville, Tennessee
The "Walking Tall" sheriff died under mysterious circumstances. See his death car and all of his things.
Billy Tripp's Mindfield
Brownsville, Tennessee
Brain-boggling network of towering steel girders, which the artist claims tells the story of his life.
Museum of Appalachia: Perpetual Motion Machine
Clinton, Tennessee
A rural living museum that surprises with devil burls, angel swirls, Apocalypse signage. 250,000 items.
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. Empty at the moment, but Junior is around.
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.
Parthenon and Statue of Athena
Nashville, Tennessee
A majestic, full-size heathen god and temple, in the buckle of the Bible Belt. Survivor of the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, now an art museum.
Lane Motor Museum
Nashville, Tennessee
Crazy-looking vehicles powered by airplane propellers, adorable microcars with three wheels, and Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car-of-the-future.
George Jones Museum
Nashville, Tennessee
Key career mementos of country music's "The Possum," including the jacket cut off of him after he crashed his car while drunk.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Petros, Tennessee
Hard time prison-turned-tourist attraction, with former convicts as expert tour guides.
Pigeon Forge - Gatlinburg - A Mecca
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Sister tourist-towns sparkle like junk jewels on a necklace choking Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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.
Backyard Terrors Dinosaur Park
Bluff City, Tennessee
Chris Kastner's 6-acre back yard is populated with life-size dinosaurs and "The Funhouse," a haunt attraction open a few days a year.
Tina Turner Museum
Brownsville, Tennessee
Costumes, gold records, and photos fill a museum inside the one-room schoolhouse little Tina attended.
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.
The Incline
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Funicular railway opened as an attraction in 1895. It's like riding an elevator up the side of a mountain, on a train.
Frank Sutton: Gomer Pyle Nemesis
Clarksville, Tennessee
Frank Sutton played the Marine sergeant who always yelled at Gomer Pyle. His hometown immortalized him with a bronze statue in his familiar pose.
Cato Caves: Area of Mystery, Famous Pot Cave
Dixon Springs, Tennessee
Natural cave turned into elaborate, secret pot farm in the late 1990s. Gutted by looters, now reopen for tours.