Chattanooga – Sightseers' Delight

Chattanooga approves $79.5M baseball stadium despite economic questions over its financing

August 10, 2022 The Center Square

Chattanooga will be getting a new baseball stadium and city officials have called the project a “home run for the community” despite economists’ questions on the numbers touted by stadium supporters.

The story behind the unexpected German monument in Chattanooga National Cemetery

March 12, 2022 Todd DeFeo

The monument honors 92 German soldiers who died on American soil as prisoners of war during World War I.

Renovated Read House hotel in Chattanooga opens for business

October 25, 2018 Sightseers’ Delight

A portion of the renovated Read House hotel in Downtown Chattanooga has reopened for business.

Towing museum promises to hook visitors

February 15, 2018 Todd DeFeo

Tow trucks are pretty fascinating machines. But, who thinks of them as museum artifacts?

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Preferred high-speed rail line between Atlanta and Chattanooga unveiled

October 16, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has identified a preferred corridor for a high-speed rail line between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn.

Make minor league baseball a major league experience

May 18, 2017 Todd DeFeo

Baseball season is here. Anyone looking to combine a road trip with the nation’s pastime should consider visiting a minor league ballpark.

Tennessee launching new version of consumer website

March 23, 2017 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

The Tennessee Department of Tourist is launching a newly designed and more advanced version of its consumer website, tnvacation.com.

Chattanooga hotel pays homage to city’s railroad history

November 1, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Chattanooga’s immortality as a railroad town was marked for eternity with the release of Glenn Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” a song he recorded in 1941 for the film “Sun Valley Serenade.” The song topped the Hit Parade chart, selling more than a million copies.

Railroad Rendezvous returns to Southern Museum in July

July 7, 2016 Sightseers’ Delight

The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History will hold its popular Railroad Rendezvous event on July 16.

Atlanta-to-Chattanooga high-speed train seems unlikely

May 28, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Pardon me, boy. Is that a high-speed train? Apparently, that would be a no.