Must-SeeGreat Smoky Mountains
North Carolina and Tennessee
America's most visited national park: misty ridges and old-growth forest.
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Tennessee
10 places and 50 sights on our lists.
Places in Tennessee
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Must-SeeWorth a Detour
Worth a DetourDollywood
Tennessee
Dolly Parton's theme park in the Smokies, with mountain crafts, great coasters and live country and bluegrass music.
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Worth a DetourMemphis and Graceland
Tennessee
Elvis's Graceland, the blues on Beale Street and the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Worth a DetourIf You're Nearby
If You're NearbyChattanooga
Tennessee
A revived river city between mountains, with the steep Incline Railway, Ruby Falls and a great freshwater aquarium.
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If You're NearbyCumberland Gap
Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee
The pass through the Appalachians used by Daniel Boone and some 300,000 settlers on their way into the American interior.
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If You're NearbyNatchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee
A peaceful 444-mile drive from Mississippi to Nashville, along an ancient trail used by Native Americans and frontier boatmen.
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If You're NearbyOak Ridge
Tennessee
A secret city built in 1942 to enrich uranium for the atomic bomb, now part of the Manhattan Project park.
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If You're NearbyShiloh National Military Park
Tennessee
The two-day battle in April 1862 that showed America how terrible the war would be.
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Sights in Tennessee
Also in Tennessee
Not on the short list, but here if your work or family brings you.