Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Tennessee has a lot to offer for its more than two centuries of statehood; from Coffee empires to music royalty, architectural wonders to nature's finest. This land of fascinating, exciting and downright weird people, places and events, makes Tennessee unique.
Synopsis
From coffee empires to music royalty, architectural wonders to nature's finest, Tennessee has a lot to show. With fascinating and downright weird people, places and events, learn what makes Tennessee, well, Tennessee: * The Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis is famous for the ducks that live on its roof; every day a ''Duckmaster'' escorts the ducks from the hotel's roof, down the elevator and into the fountain in the hotel's lobby * Move over, Nashville The U.S. Congress deemed the official birthplace of country music to be Bristol, a tiny town in the northeast corner of the state * Elvis Presley's mother, father, grandmother and the King himself are buried at Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis home * Sweetwater is the location of the Lost Sea, the largest underground lake in America; its total size has been a mystery since its discovery over 100 years ago * The skeleton of a saber-toothed tiger discovered beneath downtown Nashville in 1971 was the inspiration for the Nashville Predators mascot, ''Gnash'' * And so much more...