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Home to drunken tower-climbing goats...seriously
Memphis is famous for its barbecue and for being the home of musicians as great and as different as Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Silky O'sullivan's, a barbecue-friendly Irish pub on Beale... »
Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by S Lee, wythe and others
A Treehouse Built Under Divine Inspiration
As he tells the story, in 1993, Minister Horace Burgess was praying when god told him, “If you build a tree house, I’ll see that you never run out of material.” Inspired by this vision of god, the... »
Curious Places of Worship, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tre and wythe
Walk the whole Mississippi River!
The Mississippi is the second longest river in the world, but in Memphis, Tennessee you can see it all in one short afternoon.
The River Walk is a 5-block long replica of the lower Mississippi... »
Miniatures, Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by
An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee
In the middle of Tennessee (between Memphis and Nashville), Jackson hosts the International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame and Museum, opened in 2000 by dedicated fan Henry Harrison. For those who... »
Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Sofy
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Lost Cove lies along the Nolichucky River in the Poplar Gorge between Tennessee and North Carolina. For a long time, it was contested territory, and its secluded location lured moonshiners in the... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by kalimari1737 and M Rebekah Otto
An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life
In 1989, Billy Tripp began work on his life's project: the Mindfield. Using salvaged metal, Tripp constructed the largest outdoor sculpture in Tennessee, in Brownsville, 60 miles northeast of... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
Originally constructed for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, a full-sized replica of Athens' famous Parthenon resides today in Nashville's Centennial Park. Its remarkable quality is that... »
Museums and Collections, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Dylan
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show
America's fireflies have been keeping a secret.
In 1680, Dutch physician Engelbert Kaempfer, on a voyage down the Meinam River in Siam, recorded one of the earliest Western accounts of the... »
Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Bioluminescent Spots | Edited by Dylan, Josh and others
