Beautiful location with plenty to see. There are a few benches to sit and a bathroom if you just…read morewant to stop for a minute. Highly recommend!

This large overlook was pretty busy today with six or seven groups of folks all looking out at the…read morevalley and enjoying the view. I was one of them and managed to tune out the shouting kids to take it in. The parking area is accessible from both sides of the highway but there is no traffic light. If you're crossing traffic, please use care as these big trucks don't stop well and stop even less well when they're going downhill. [Review 20142 overall - 467 in Tennessee - 1118 of 2023.]

7/26/26 My husband…read moreand I like to take a cave trip every year for our anniversary. This year, we traveled from Ohio to the Bristol area. Gap Cave was a great stop for the way back home. I will admit that we originally did not go in with high expectations. We saw the $8 price tag and thought that meant this cave must be underwhelming with the price being THAT low compared to all other tours that we have been on. Gap Cave was the 29th cave/cavern that we have visited in the US. When I tell you that we were pleasantly surprised, that is the understatement of the century. We loved the experience of getting to use the flashlights to light our own path while in the cave. The hike to the cave itself is super beautiful. Our tour guides(Lucas, Dylan, and Mackenzie) were amazing. You could see all of their enthusiasm for their job which is always great to see! Gap Cavern has an amazing amount of formations. We enjoyed our tour here more than the Domes and Dripstones tour at Mammoth Cave. The visitors center of Cumberland Gap National Park was also super nice! The employees and rangers were so friendly and kind! We highly recommend making this stop!

This place is great to hike. Friendly staff at the visitor center. Plenty of parking space. We had…read morea great time here.

This was an awesome site to see you while we were in downtown Corbin Kentucky. My wife and I were…read morewalking around exploring, see the different sites in scenes. This was a giant Lazarus train monument tribute. I thought it was awesome to see climbing into the train seeing the landmark it was awesome to check out.

The Sunsphere is an amazing architectural wonder and remnant from the 1982 World's Fair in…read moreKnoxville. My visit to the Sunsphere made my day. The 342' steel structure was designed by Don Shell and completed in 1982. The glass on the 75' sphere is coated with gold dust. During the World's Fair, a small restaurant operated at the top and visitors could visit the observation deck for $2. We were passing through Knoxville and my daughter wanted to visit. Today, visitors can pay to go up to the observation deck of the giant structure. ($10 for adults). You can buy tickets on line or at the Sunsphere. When we arrived, the Sphere was closed until 1:30, so we did not go up in it. But we enjoyed walking around and taking photos. There is parking a block south and the walk through the park is lovely. There is a drop off circle near the Sunshpere as well. Let's are not allowed in the structure.

Knoxville wanted to do something truly special for the 1982 World's Fair. The result was the…read moreSunsphere. The theme for the fair was "Energy turns the world" and Knoxville showcased solar energy by creating a replica of the Sun. I was fortunate enough to visit the Sunsphere during their "free local days" and all you need to show is your license to prove you're local to Knoxville. More free local days will be announced throughout the coming year, so stay tuned. Definitely recommend elevating your view of our little city by visiting the Sunsphere. Know Before You Go: ~ $10 tickets per adult and also annual passes can be bought in person. $40 for an individual annual pass or $120 for a family pass. Both passes are good for a calendar year. ~24 kt. gold panels are actually glass layered with gold dust. ~The Sunsphere observation deck was re-opened on February 22, 2022. The floor offers a 360-degree view of the Great Smoky Mountains, World's Fair Park, the Tennessee River, and the UT Campus. ~There is a small gift shop offering everything from Sunsphere Christmas ornaments, tee shirts, Sunsphere coffee tumblers, stickers, postcards, and more.

A very busy part of the Market Square area, this pedestrian bridge runs from Locust Street and…read moreacross Henley Street alongside the convention center. It brings together the Market Square retail and restaurant area with the World's Fair park and the Sunsphere. The bridge is wide enough for a golf-cart and definitely wide enough for four people to walk abreast. At Locust Street, the bridge is at street level. At the other side near the Sunsphere, there is a set of stairs and an elevator. There's also a nice view of the World's Fair park. If you're not interested in crossing Henley Street at street level, which I completely understand as it is a very busy road, this bridge will help. [Review 12898 overall, 214 of 2020.]

This is a neat bridge that takes you from one part of Knoxville to another part of Knoxville it's…read morenot a very long bridge but it has some cool sites all on the way and it's nice how it's covered and it takes you right over to the stratosphere sons here in the Knoxville world fair so that's cool to see but this is a nice little bridge that wasn't expecting to come upon while we were there so it's definitely cool walk across instead of walking across the street's

In 1783, the Christian Bible family settled in this area on a land grant from North Carolina,…read moreconstructing a log house nearby. In 1923, E. A. Bible, a direct descendant of this early settler, who had been crossing Little Chuckey Creek at a ford, had this bridge built so he would have better access to the Warrensburg Road. It was constructed by A. A. McLean, a noted Tennessee bridge-builder of that day who placed covers on bridges to preserve the timbers. In 1948, the bridge was deeded to Greene County and in 1975, it became an historical structure through the efforts of the Green County Heritage Trust. Restoration of the bridge was completed in 2004 by the Green County Highway Department with a grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The bridge is in excellent condition, recently repainted outside though the inside is sadly graffitied. There is parking nearby and a bench. Not much else and while the bridge is absolutely closed to vehicular traffic, you can walk across. I don't know if the water is safe for swimming. [Review 20138 overall - 464 in Tennessee - 1114 of 2023.]

I'm a big fan of KFC. Growing up, my mother used to take us out once a month for a bucket of the…read moreColonel's crispy fried chicken with mashed potatoes and coleslaw. I saw several of my Yelp friends recommend a stop at the Museum and I was all in. I could hardly contain my excitement, seeing the iconic bucket marquee. Outside, in the perfectly manicured lot, stand petroleum artifacts from the Sanders early days as a gas station owner. A historical plaque describes the site. The Museum stands where Harland Sanders (the Colonel) once owned a small neighborhood restaurant, called Sanders. Here, his famous fried chicken took root. Inside, is a modern KFC counter. I be placed my order and was given a beeper. The Museum is filled with artifacts from 1940's to present including Sanders furniture, kitchen ware and an evolution of KFC logo packaging and trinkets. My favorite part of the exhibit was a video of Sanders describing how to prepare his chicken. I was truly inspired by his story as an entrepreneur. My lunch was fresher than any KFC that I had ever had. The chicken was crispy and flavorful. The coleslaw was so brightly colored that I knew it was made within the hour. And the potatoes took me back to my childhood. We spent about an hour total at the museum. There is no charge, except your meal. Restrooms are clean. The museum is fun and interesting. I highly recommend a stop, especially if you're a KFC fan.

I really like KFC in general and this place is really cool. The museum is neat and the food tastes…read morebetter than ours back home. There was a guy playing some sort of Indian flute in the parking lot when we visited. He told us some good stories and played a few tunes. Definitely worth checking out.

Not that long ago, the United States Congress finally past the 19th Amendment, "The right of…read morecitizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." A very simple sentence that conveyed a lot of rights to half of the citizens of our country. Once Congress approves a Constitutional Amendment, it must be ratified by a percentage of States. At that time, it needed to be at least 36 to reach the requirement. Thirty-five other states ratified the Amendment before Tennessee did. It took them a year and much debate before a tie vote in the state house of representatives was broken by a single vote. Looking back now, you really have to wonder about Tennessee's elected representatives! This monument is dedicated to the suffragists who made it possible and has a prominent spot in Knoxville's Market Square. [Review 12892 overall, 208 of 2020.]

Neat little statue that holds a lot of history behind it. I'm not sure why this statute is here in…read moreAsheville maybe it took place here? But it is a nice representation of women's rights and I am all for that and equality. It is nice to show my daughters how far women have come over the years

I love tunnels and this is a pretty awesome one. Because it is not a "down" tunnel, it does not…read moreseem to have a prohibition against propane tanks which is good for the RV's (my Sprinter does not have propane but my old motorhome did). This is actually two parallel tunnels that carry four lanes of US-25E under the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and join Cumberland Gap, Tennessee with Middlesboro, Kentucky. The tunnel opened to traffic in 1996. Interesting fact - this is one of only two mountain vehicular tunnels in the United States that cross a state line, the other being the East River Mountain Tunnel on Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 52 between Virginia and West Virginia. Each of the tunnels is 4600 feet long and 32 feet wide. There are cross-passages every 300 feet. There is no toll to use the tunnel in either direction. Awesome! [Review 20144 overall - 186 in Kentucky - 1120 of 2023.]

This is truly an excellent highway tunnel. Operating since October 1996 two 4752 foot long tunnels…read morecarry US Rte 25E between Kentucky and Tennessee under the gap. The tunnels are 32' wide and 30' tall at their highest; the usable clearance is advertised at 16' 6". Traffic in and around the tunnel is monitored 24/7 by trained professionals. The tunnel is equipped with CO-monitors, and smoke detectors in the tunnel ceiling and crazy jet engine-looking ventilation fans to help air the place out. EMTs are always on call and fire trucks, ambulances, and wreckers are nearby just in case.

This was a nice surprise as we stopped in this rest stop in Kentucky on our way home. This is the…read moregolden horse. They used to be two of them, but now it's just the one. I'm not sure what happened to the other guy.

Public sculpture of two golden horses one adult and one young grazing on Kentucky bluegrass…read more Located at a popular and busy visitor center off of I71 in Williamsburg Kentucky as soon as you cross then Kentucky from Tennessee borderline. Overall a unique and cool piece they pays homage to Kentucky's rich horse roots. Pretty cool to check out while stopped at a rest stop.