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National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, Tennessee
The Lorraine Hotel -- the place where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 -- is the heart of this museum. It and the adjacent gallery are powerful reminders of...
Historical Landmark
History Museum
Creative Discovery Museum
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The castle-like exterior gets a child's imagination going even before she enters the Creative Discovery Museum. Inside, kids dart from one area to the next, their curiosity unbridled and...
Science & Nature Museum
Cheekwood Botanical Garden
Nashville, Tennessee
An elegant estate donated to the city of Nashvile, Cheekwood boasts an art museum, botanical garden, and sculpture trail complete with a startling glass bridge your kids will need to...
Art Museum
Garden
Shelby Farms
Memphis, Tennessee
Five times larger that New York's Central Park, Shelby Farms is the national headquarters of Ducks Unlimited, the wildlife conservation and wetlands preservation group. Hiking and bike trails, paddle boats...
Nature Center
Park
Hiking
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Fishing
Tennessee Aquarium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Twin buildings on the Tennessee River contain two diverse ecosystems -- the ocean and a river. Each journey begins at the top of each building; children press their noses up to...
Aquarium
Nashville Shores Water Park
Nashville, Tennessee
Not for the tame of heart, Nashville Shores is a traditional water park on steroids, with every possible water slide your kids can imagine, including the 700-foot "Tennessee Twister...
Water Park
Coolidge Park
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Getting to Coolidge Park is almost as fun as the park itself; the journey over the Tennessee River via the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge (just a stone's throw from the...
Roadside Landmark
Park
Incline Railway
Chattanooga, Tennessee
It's a mile-long feat of mechanical engineering: A steep trolley-car-type ride straight up the side of Lookout Mountain. At the top, you'll be on the highest point...
Train
Rock City
Chattanooga, Tennessee
You parents knew of the barns painted with the admonition "See Rock City," and it's one of those iconic American attractions that is a must-see. A suspension bridge, gardens...
Roadside Landmark
Park
Hiking
Lichterman Nature Center
Memphis, Tennessee
An oasis on the east side of town, the Lichterman Nature Center is surprising to first timers both for its space and for the real "away-from-it-all" feel...
Nature Center
Science & Nature Museum
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