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The Sunsphere
Knoxville, Tennessee
Opened in 1982 for the Knoxville World's Fair, opened off and on since then.
Smarthenge: The Circle of Thought
Knoxville, Tennessee
Rather than lintels and sarsen stones, a mysterious outdoor circle is of marble heads on pillars -- supposedly the most worthy thinkers of all time.
Giant Alex "Roots" Haley
Knoxville, Tennessee
13-foot-high bronze statue of the author of "Roots," rendered as if he's pausing from reading a book to stare at you.

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, serial killer relics.
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.
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.
Billy Tripp's Mindfield
Brownsville, Tennessee
Brain-boggling network of towering steel girders, which the artist claims tells the story of his life.
Ruby Falls
Chattanooga, Tennessee
A 145-foot-tall waterfall under the earth -- dramatically bathed in unnatural light -- is the centerpiece of this classic roadside cave attraction.
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.
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.
Pyramid of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
America's second largest pyramid has an indoor swamp, live alligators, and a glass-floored observation deck at its pointy top.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Memphis, Tennessee
Built on the site of the 1960s-70s soul label Stax Records. See Isaac Hayes' custom gold Cadillac, dance on an "Express Yourself" disco floor to videos from Soul Train.
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.
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.
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.
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.