Overview
- A trip to Chattanooga evokes America’s romantic rail era, when trains were the primary way to travel.
- The city’s rail legacy was immortalized by Glenn Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” and today it blends must-see rail attractions with rich history and outdoor access roughly 90 minutes north of Atlanta.
- Nicknamed “The Scenic City,” Chattanooga offers so many sights that a weekend barely scratches the surface, though even a short stay makes a standout getaway.
- The area’s roots span from Upper Paleolithic settlements through the Archaic and Woodland periods to Mississippian/Muskogean/Yuchi cultures (900–1714 CE) and the Cherokee era (1776–1838).
- Railroads, including the Georgia-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad, helped make Chattanooga a strategic Civil War crossroads and later propelled its rise as one of the Southeast’s major heavy industrial centers.
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Browns Ferry Tavern
Brown’s Ferry Tavern in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is an early frontier building closely tied to Cherokee history and the development of travel routes along the Tennessee…
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Chattanooga Choo Choo
The Chattanooga Choo Choo dates to 1909, when it saw the departure of its first passenger train.
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Chattanooga National Cemetery
Chattanooga National Cemetery is located near the center of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery
The Chattanooga Whiskey Company was launched in November 2011, but the company initially distilled through contractor MGP of Indiana in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, because of Tennessee…
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park preserves Civil War battlefields and related sites in northwestern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee.
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Hunter Museum of American Art
The Hunter Museum of American Art features works representing a range of genres, including American Impressionism, early modernism, regionalism and post World War II modern…
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Incline Railroad
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is one of the most popular attractions in Chattanooga.
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International Towing & Recovery Museum
Thanks to mechanic Ernest Holmes, Chattanooga is inextricably linked to the world of towing.
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Point Park Battlefield
Point Park is a 10-acre memorial park on Lookout Mountain overlooking Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Lookout Mountain Battlefield.
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Rock City
Today, Rock City has been a popular tourist attraction for years. But, it was until the 1930s that the Rock City of today began taking…
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Ross’s Landing
The popular Ross’s Landing sits below the Tennessee Aquarium along the south shore of the Tennessee River.
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Ruby Falls
In the 1920s, Leo Lambert thought Lookout Mountain Cave would make a great tourist attraction.
