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This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.