Craft Communities and Trails
Take home truly unique treasures when you visit one of Tennessee's charming arts and crafts communities. Discover carefully carved woodwork, intricately stitched quilts, patiently sculpted pottery and much more. Purchase the perfect gift, or talk with local artisan about a piece custom crafted for you.
Museum of Appalachia
The Museum is located 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75, exit 122 near Norris, Tennessee. For hours and information on special events, call 865-494-7680, e-mail at museum@museumofappalachia. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Clinton, TN
Phone: 865-494-7680
Natchez Trace State Park
Along with vast scenic woodlands, the Natchez Trace State Park includes four lakes, a swimming beach, a 47 room inn and conference center with over 3000 square feet of meeting/banquet space, a restaurant, 17 cabins and 10 villas, a group lodge, 208 campsites, 5 air conditioned camping cabins, picnicking sites, playgrounds, a ball field, a regulation pistol firing range, picturesque hiking trails, a wrangler camp, 250 miles of horse riding trails, a park store, and an archery range. Located at I-40, exit 116, this area is composed of a State Park, State Forest and a WMA with a total of 48,000 acres. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Wildersville, TN
Phone: 731-968-3742
Natchez Trace Wine Trail
The 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway commemorates an ancient trail that connected southern portions of the Mississippi River, through Alabama, to today's central Tennessee. The Tennessee cities along the historic Natchez Trace Parkway are Nashville, Franklin, Leiper's Fork and Brentwood. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Franklin, TN
Phone: (800) 305-7417
Paris Historic Downtown
Unique shops and cafes surround one of the oldest courthouses in Tennessee with antique stores and walking tours of the historic downtown area. ...more
Promised Land Trail
The Promised Land Trail is waiting for you: discover the fertile land that beckoned Tennessee’s first settlers from Northeast Tennessee, over the Cumberland Plateau, into Nashville and beyond.
Along the first road into Tennessee, the Avery Trace, as well as the historic Walton Road that ran parallel to Highway 70, many believed they would reach a “promised land” at the end of the journey, as many were seeking lands they were granted from service to the new country. ...more
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Ring of Fire Trail
The Ring of Fire Trail is waiting for you: a trail of music, history and landscape that will capture your soul like a heart-wrenching country ballad. You can almost hear the music as you drive through the lush Tennessee landscape dotted with wineries, small towns, farms and villages. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
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Russell Creek Mennonite Community
Handmade crafts and fresh produce in season. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Lobelville, TN
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Ryman Auditorium
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001, the Ryman has an impressive country music origin.
As home to the Grand Ole Opry, the building gained nationwide recognition. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: (615) 889-3060
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
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association
The entire southern half of the Cherokee National Forest forms the heart of the Tennessee Overhill. With its rivers, trails, forested mountains, green rolling hills, two scenic byways and four rivers within 30 miles, the Tennessee Overhill is a beautiful, scenic place to visit. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Etowah, TN
Phone: 423-263-7232
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Founded in 1976 by Hugo and Margaret Dixon, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens is a fine art museum and public garden distinguished by its diverse and innovative programs in the arts and horticulture. The Dixon features a permanent collection of over 2,000 objects, including French and American Impressionist paintings and significant holdings of German and English porcelain. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: 901-761-5250
Top Secret Trail
Top Secret is waiting for you: a trail of secrets hidden among the scenic wilds of the Upper Cumberland Plateau. Immerse yourself in early Knoxville history by touring Blount Mansion, James White Fort and Bleak House, General Longstreet’s 1863 Battle of Knoxville headquarters. ...more
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Upper Cumberland Quilt Trail
Come and drive along Quilt Trail and enjoy the beautiful countryside of the Upper Cumberland region.
Local artists and school students have painted these quilt blocks on beautiful and historic barns owned by local farm families. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Cookeville, TN
Phone: (931) 372-6047
White County Fair
Lots of entertainment. Carnival rides, Senior's Day, Children's Day. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Sparta, TN
Phone: (931) 836-3552
