Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
by gkitzmil
This 7,200 square-foot museum pays tribute to Tennessee’s rich sports history. Honorees include Peyton Manning, Tracy Caulkins, Wilma Rudolph, Pat Head Summitt and Tim McCarver among many others. The museum, which focuses on everything from team to extreme sports, features virtual reality basketball, two theaters, a continuous video stream of Tennessee sports images and interactive stations. Admission: $3 adults; $2 children; free (under 4). Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm.
If the dance floor's full... dance on the table!
by horsinround2 about Paradise Park Trailer Resort
No cover, $6 pitchers of beer, great live band, Mark Collie stoppin' by just for the heck of it (on 6.07.08), good friends, & dancin' on the tables with complete strangers - a good time was had by all!!!
This bar/restaurant is a humorous & tacky version of a trashy trailer park. They serve up live music with burgers/fries/corndogs and plenty of beer to wash it all down with. You'll see everything: tennis shoes, flip flops, cowboy boots, jeans, shorts, ball caps, cowboy hats... how the H*LL'd she get into THAT!!! Again, the theme is trashy trailer park, so pretty much everything works.
Funky McDonald's
by emilienoelle about McDonald's
Most McDonald's that you come across are exactly the same. They're supposed to be. What sets this McDonald's apart and makes it kind of neat is that it has a radio tower on top of it. Someone actually told me that they used to broadcast a country music show from here years ago and that is the reason for the tower. This McDonald's also has a gift shop. I have never seen one with a gift shop before! Pretty neat.
Nashville's Only Floating Restaurant
by TravellerMel about Blue Moon Lagoon
Came here for Sunday Brunch - I loved sitting on the floating dock and watching the boats come and go from their slips. The restaurant looks out onto a piece of the Cumberland River, which is very cool. The weather was nice, and my companion and I enjoyed sitting outside under the coverand sipping our cold drinks (me: margarita, him: beer).
The restaurant has spaces on the water where, if you are in a boat, you could pull right up and dock there. It wasn't too crowded around 1pm on Sunday - enough people that you weren't alone, but not so crowded you couldn't hear or move around - perfect!
I'll bet this place would be fun with a group on a Friday or Saturday night. My companion and I both had the Crab Cake Benedict - wonderful! Eggs benedict with a layer of spicy crab cake, served with fried potatoes and fruit, it was very tasty.
The Hermitage
by emilienoelle
The Hermitage, located north and west of downtown Nashville, was the home of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, who is also the guy on a US $20 bill. Because I love history and since there wasn't much of interest to me in Nashville in the way of country music, this place was my perfect tourist destination!
When you drive into the Hermitage grounds you will first come to the visitors center where you will see a short film about Andrew Jackson's life and browse through a small museum. Once out on the grounds you are free to roam around the property which is truly vast. Jackson's fields are still cultivated (he was a gentleman farmer) and there are still cows and horses dotting the landscape. On the grounds there are many buildings to visit , among them the old slave quarters (one of the things that I find bothersome about the South, but I won't get into that right now), the spring house, and several other outbuildings. However, the main attraction here is Andrew Jackson's mansion, a wonderfully preserved Federal-style house built in the early 1800's. Once in the house you must take an organized tour, as wandering around the building freely is frowned upon. (It still contains all of the the Jackson family's belongings and furniture.) The tours are given by costumed volunteers who are quite friendly and knowledgeable and eager to answer questions. Photos are not allowed inside of the house.
The Hermitage also has a gift shop and a cafe. Admission is $12 for adults.
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