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Crossville, Tennessee
Minister's Treehouse
This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
35.9853, -84.9944
Townsend, Tennessee
Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
35.6050, -83.8137
Memphis, Tennessee
Shelby Farms Park
This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.
35.1381, -89.8338
Alcoa, Tennessee
Millennium Manor Castle
One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.
35.7803, -83.9653
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Walnut Street Bridge
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
35.0567, -85.3075
Greenback, Tennessee
Fortress of Faith (Greenback Castle)
One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.
35.6227, -84.1606
Lebanon, Tennessee
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.
36.0859, -86.3242
Townsend, Tennessee
The Great Smoky Mountains' 'Missing Link'
In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.
35.7045, -83.8147
Knoxville, Tennessee
The Sunsphere
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
35.9617, -83.9232
Petros, Tennessee
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
36.1045, -84.4487
Memphis, Tennessee
The Jungle Room at Graceland
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
35.0460, -90.0230
Lynchburg, Tennessee
Jack Daniel's Distillery Tour
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
35.2853, -86.3683
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
Montgomery Bell Tunnel
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
36.1470, -87.1235
Memphis, Tennessee
Silky O'Sullivan's
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
35.1396, -90.0520
Townsend, Tennessee
Tuckaleechee Caverns
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
35.6584, -83.7766
Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
36.1497, -86.8132
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ruby Falls
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
35.0191, -85.3394
Sevierville, Tennessee
Forbidden Caverns
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
35.9042, -83.3468
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Lost Sea
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
35.5349, -84.4320
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