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Historic Homes
With names like "Rattle and Snap," "Green Frog Village" and "Crescent Bend," you are immediately drawn into legends that lie within Tennessee's carefully preserved homes, villages, farms and surrounds.
Look into a graceful, early rural life at 1797 Ramsey House Plantation, with acreage, exhibits and an heirloom garden. Once considered "the most costly and most admired house in Tennessee," it is among the few surviving houses designed by Tennessee's first formally trained architect, Thomas Hope. Learn about the Overton legacy at 200-year-old Traveller's Rest Plantation and Museum at Traveller's Rest. Take in a reenactment as you tour the grounds, the home and the schoolhouse.
Surrender House/Dover Hotel
Site of the surrender of Fort Donelson. Original structure built in 1851 was formerly the Dover Hotel. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Dover, TN
Phone: 931-232-5706
Sutton Homestead
Restored 1880's homestead. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Granville, TN
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Swaggerty Fort
This fort is the only frontier blockhouse remaining on its original site in Tennessee. Built by James Swaggerty in 1787, it served as both shelter for travelers and protection from Native Americans. ...more
Region: East Tennessee
City: Parrottsville, TN
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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
Nature, as well as history, is in full view at Sycamore Shoals. A prime example of an East Tennessee river valley, the park sits beside the Watauga River. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Elizabethton, TN
Phone: (423) 543-5808
T.S. Stribling Museum
Public library housed in the home of Pulitzer Prize winner T. S. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Clifton, TN
Phone: 931-676-3678
Taylor Home at Sabine Hill
This home was built around 1815 for Nathaniel Taylor,
a general in the War of 1812 and the first sheriff of Carter County. Taylor’s two great-grandsons, Alfred and Robert, went
on to be governors of Tennessee. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Elizabethton, TN
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Tennessee Ernie Ford Home
Home of world-renowned musician and entertainer, Tennessee Ernie Ford, born in Bristol. House features artifacts of his storied career. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Bristol, TN
Phone: 276-466-9116
Tennessee Museum of Early Farm Life
The museum is housed in two salvaged barns, one made of American chestnut. Many antiques on display including carriages, tractors and wagons. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Spring Hill, TN
Phone: 931-215-2359
Tennessee Newspaper & Printing Museum
Tennessee's only newspaper museum located in the town where Tennessee's first paper was printed in 1791. National Register property. ...more
Region: Northeast
City: Rogersville, TN
Phone: 423-272-1961
Tennessee River Gorge
The only large river canyon bordering a mid-sized city, the Tennessee River Gorge is a unique carving of the river through the Cumberland Plateau, encompassing 27,000 acres. Habitats for more than a thousand varieties of plants, trees, grasses and flowers as well as a diversified wildlife population exist in this scenic terrain. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-266-0314
Tennessee State Capitol
Finished in 1859, the historic Tennessee State Capitol is one of the oldest working capitols in the country and designated as a civil engineering landmark for its innovative construction. The distinctive tower is designed after the monument of Lysicrates in Athens, Greece. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-741-2692
Tennessee State Library & Archives
A multi-purpose institution that offers historical information on Tennessee, special services to local libraries, archives, and the blind and physically handicapped. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-741-2764
Tennessee State Museum
One of the largest museums in the nation with more than 60,000 square feet of permanent exhibits and a 10,000 square-foot changing exhibition hall. Exhibits begin with prehistoric people and continue through the early 1900s. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-741-2692
Tennessee Technological University
TTU offers academic excellence at an exceptional value. Tour our picturesque, historic campus or shop for unique items in our craft center. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Cookeville, TN
Phone: 931-372-3101
Tennessee Valley Railroad
The largest historic railroad in the South offers daily one-hour rides on restored vintage trains pulling over antebellum rail lines. Travel through the Missionary Ridge Tunnel and to Chickamauga. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-894-8028
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