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Tennessee Tourist AttractionsGuide to roadside oddities and other weird, strange and unusual attractions in Tennessee.
Tennessee tourist attractions include unusual lodgings. And a cool ride on an incline railway. And you know those nifty little souvenirs from tacky tourist traps that are so popular? Smashed pennies? Well, there’s a bunch of smashed penny machines in Tennessee!
That’s right – Sleep in a train car! At the Holiday Inn in Chattanooga, TN you can sleep aboard a restored Victorian train car. And guess what else! There’s a couple of smashed penny machines at the Chattanooga Choo Choo! Chattanooga Choo Choo, 1400 Market St, Chattanooga, TN. Phone: (423) 266-5000 or Toll Free: (800) 345-8082 As in "SEE ROCK CITY" that was painted on barns all around the countryside. That Rock City. It’s only about 6 miles from Chattanooga, just over the Tennessee – Georgia state line. And yep…Before you ask…There’s a smashed penny machine at the outside gift shops at the end of the paths. Way cool – one of the designs is a “SEE ROCK CITY” barn! Here's some more tourist attractions in Chattanooga.
Trolley-style railcars carry you high up onto Lookout Mountain with a 72.7% grade of the track right near the top.
Whooooo….
From the lookout station at the top you can see the Great Smoky Mountains that are like 100 miles away. Well, if it’s a clear day, that is. Otherwise, well, otherwise, you can’t. Okay. Cool. Are there smashed pennies at the inline railway????
Photo courtesy Chattanooga Area
Gotta get that Tennessee tourist attraction souvenir! The smashed penny machine is at the top of the railway, just inside the door to the ice cream parlor and to the right! Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is at 827 East Brow Road, Chattanooga-Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Phone: (423) 821-4224 Tip: Free parking is available at the St. Elmo Station at the foot of the mountain, 3917 St. Elmo Avenue. Metered parking is available at the Lookout Mountain Station, 827 East Brow Road. Another tip: Early mornings and late afternoons are usually less crowded. Read what other travelers are saying about Lookout Mountain.
Just down Elvis Presley Boulevard from the gates of Graceland, Boulevard Souvenirs has a smashed penny machine. Gotta have an Elvis smashed penny!!! No trip to Memphis is complete without one! Boulevard Souvenirs 3706 Elvis Presley Blvd. Memphis, Tennessee. More Memphis, Tennessee tourist attractions.
There are supposedly 14 other cities in the US named Paris. I know of one in
Texas.....
Photo courtesy Paris, TN.
Hey, there's something called Bronson's Eiffel Tower in Bronson, Missouri. And it looks nothing like the real or replica Eiffel Towers of the Paris’, France or U.S.
Well, maybe not. It’s kinda…large…..
Photo courtesy talentondisplay.com The neck inlay and sound hole are windows. Cool!!!
This is a great example of newer roadside oddities. The Grand Guitar, modeled after a Martin guitar, was built in 1983. Isn’t that just way cool for those of us that like roadside oddities? They’re still building them! There’s a mimetic architecture building in Kentucky that’s kinda newish, too! The Joe Morrell Grand Guitar museum is at 3245 W. State St, Bristol, TN. Phone: (423) 968-1451 Just as an added little footnote (no, no smashed penny machine that I know of!) - the town of Bristol is half in Tennessee and half in
Virginia!
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