Tennessee Trivia - A Work in Progress

• Dollywood, which is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, received the 2010 Applause Award for Best Amusement Park in the World from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
• Townsend, Tennessee, is known as both “The Peaceful Side of the Smokies” and "The Back Porch of Cades Cove."
• Adamsville, Tennessee, is known as "The Biggest Little Town in Tennessee."
• "I try to take the mountains and the people with me wherever I go. When I write, they are right here with me." - Dolly Parton, who was born near Sevierville, Tennessee.
• Paris, Tennessee, is home to the "World's Biggest Fish Fry" in late April.
• Adamsville, Tennessee, celebrates the Buford Pusser Festival each May (Pusser was the inspiration for the Walking Tall movies).
• The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, is located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses approximately 244,000 acres in Tennessee.
• Gatlinburg, Tennessee, was originally known as “White Oak Flats."
• Sevierville, Tennessee, is billed as "Your Hometown in the Smokies."
• The Lost Sea Adventure in Sweetwater, Tennessee, is billed as "America's largest underground lake."
• The Cherohala Skway is a National Scenic Byway that connects Tellico Plains, Tennessee, to Robbinsville, North Carolina.
• Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, is known as "The World's Fastest Half-Mile."
• Tuckaleechee Caverns in Townsend, Tennessee, is billed as the "Greatest Sight Under the Smokies!"
• Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, features Wild Bear Falls, the largest indoor family themed water park in the South.
• Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is home to approximately 10,000 exotic sea creatures.
• Historic Jonesborough, Tennessee's oldest town (founded in 1779), is known as the "Storytelling Capital of the World."
• The American Museum of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is the first museum dedicated to the Manhattan Project.
• The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in Tennessee (and the highest point in the Smokies).
• The International Towing and Recovery Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the world's only museum dedicated to tow trucks and the towing industry.
• Known as "America's Most Amazing Mile," Lookout Mountain's Incline Railway in Chattanooga, Tennessee, features a steep 72.7 percent grade, making it one of the world's steepest railways.
• The Jack Daniel's Distillery is the oldest registered distillery in the United States.