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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Greeneville, Tennessee
Features the humble 19th century tailor shop of the future 17th U.S. President. Cast a vote to impeach or acquit him.
Andrew Johnson Died Here
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Where the 17th President of the U.S. died of a stroke. One step ahead of the wrecking ball for years, the house preserved in the back yard of the doctor who saved it.
President Johnson's Towering Tombstone
Greeneville, Tennessee
Includes President and First Lady Johnson, and a son-in-law who was a Senator during Johnson's Impeachment trial, and sided with the one-vote majority to acquit.
Andrew Johnson's Backwards Birthplace
Greeneville, Tennessee
This replica of the tiny birthplace of the 17th President of the U.S. is near-perfect -- except that it's been set up backwards.
Bronze Andrew Johnson
Greeneville, Tennessee
Heroic bronze statue of President Andrew Johnson, wearing a superhero-style cape, donated by his great granddaughter.
Johnson Family Gallery
Greeneville, Tennessee
See perhaps the world's only complete collection of tickets to President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment trial, and exhibits on the Johnson family slaves.
President Andrew Johnson Museum
Tusculum, Tennessee
President Andrew Johnson's top hat and ironing board, as well as a cigar-dispensing miniature train.
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.
Lorraine Motel: National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, Tennessee
Four centuries of American civil rights history in the old motel where MLK was assassinated. See the bullet!
Airplane Filling Station
Powell, Tennessee
Built in 1931, a former gas station roughly shaped like the Spirit of St. Louis. Abandoned for years; now restored and open as a barber shop.

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.
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.
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.
Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
More shakers than you can shake a shaker at.