9 Things to Do Near Chattanooga That Cost Absolutely Nothing
A hundred thousand bats, the deepest river gorge east of the Mississippi, a 60-foot waterfall you can swim under, and...
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A Tennessee Town of 1,700 Set Out to Collect Six Million Paper Clips. What Happened Next Is Extraordinary.
In 1998 a middle school in rural Whitwell, Tennessee tried to comprehend the number six million. Paper clips arrived from...
The Best View in the Chattanooga Area Isn’t at Point Park — And It’s Free
Snooper’s Rock looks straight down the horseshoe bend of the Tennessee River Gorge. There’s no admission, no queue and no...
The Hardest Beautiful Hike in Tennessee: What Nobody Tells You About the Fiery Gizzard
It gets named one of the best trails in America. What the lists leave out is that twelve miles of...
Almost Every Cast Iron Skillet in America Comes From This Tiny Tennessee Town
Lodge has been pouring iron in South Pittsburg, Tennessee since 1896. There is now a museum, a factory store selling...
We Ranked Every Swimming Hole Within 40 Minutes of Chattanooga
Cold, clear water at the bottom of a gorge beats a hotel pool every time. Here are the swimming holes...
12 Things to Do 30 Minutes From Chattanooga That Aren’t the Aquarium
You have done Rock City. You have done the aquarium. Just west of town, Marion County has a bat cave,...
This 60-Foot Waterfall Has a Swimming Hole at the Bottom — and It’s 45 Minutes From Chattanooga
Foster Falls drops 60 feet into a wide plunge pool deep enough to swim in, and the hike to the...
One of the Most Haunted Places in the South Is 30 Minutes From Chattanooga — And You Can Sleep Right Next to It
A failed 1913 dam, a Cherokee war chief’s curse, a powerhouse that ghost hunters call one of the most active...
100,000 Bats Pour Out of This Tennessee Cave Every Night at Sunset — And You Can Paddle Right Up to It
Nickajack Cave sits 30 minutes west of Chattanooga in Marion County. Every summer evening at dusk, tens of thousands of...