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Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Petros, Tennessee
Hard time prison-turned-tourist attraction, with former convicts as expert tour guides.
Cabin of Moonshiner (Too Large To Leave Her Bed)
Vardy, Tennessee
No jail could hold moonshiner Mahala Mullins, because she was too immense to get through the door of her Appalachian cabin.
Bleak House: Confederate Shrine
Knoxville, Tennessee
Bullet holes, Rebel relics, the bloody death spot of three Confederate snipers, and a decidedly pro-South view of "The War of Northern Aggression" (the Civil War).

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.
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.
Grand Guitar
Bristol, Tennessee
The "Grand Guitar," built in 1983, once housed a gift shop, recording studio, country music AM radio station, and a mini-museum of musical instruments.
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. Above-ground walking trails, and reports of supernatural activity.