The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Tennessee
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated April 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 141 roadside attractions in Tennessee.
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1. Giant Chicken With Chef Hat
Elkton, TN
What's even more impressive than its size and its chef's hat is that it carries its own carving knife.
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2. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Petros, TN
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3. Born in a Boneyard: First Lady Eliza Johnson
Telford, TN
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4. "Shake, Buddy!" Civil War Monument
Knoxville, TN
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5. Parthenon and Statue of Athena
Nashville, TN
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6. President Andrew Johnson Museum
Tusculum, TN
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7. Death Spot of the Thunderbolt of the Confederacy
Greeneville, TN
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8. Big Alligator
Pigeon Forge, TN
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9. Lincoln Museum on Rebel Ground
Harrogate, TN
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10. Hometown Monument to the First American Killed in Vietnam
Livingston, TN
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11. Lorraine Motel: National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, TN
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12. President Johnson's Towering Tombstone
Greeneville, TN
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13. German POW Graves
Chattanooga, TN
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14. Millennium Manor
Alcoa, TN
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15. Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show
Pigeon Forge, TN
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16. Buford Pusser Died Here
Adamsville, TN
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17. Photo-Op Pillory
Jonesborough, TN
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18. Atom Age Gatehouse
Oak Ridge, TN
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19. The Incline
Chattanooga, TN
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20. World's Largest Rubik's Cube
Knoxville, TN
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21. Mud Island
Memphis, TN
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22. Bloodstained Tomb of Nina Craigmiles
Cleveland, TN
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23. World's Shortest Highway Tunnel
Shady Valley, TN
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24. American Museum of Science and Energy
Oak Ridge, TN
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25. Cancer Survivors Plaza
Memphis, TN
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