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Concrete Parthenon

"Athens of the South."

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Hatch Show Print

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

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Hermitage Hotel Men's Bathroom

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

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Timothy Demonbreun's Cave

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

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United Record Pressing

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record press, because hotels wouldn't host them.

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President James K. Polk's Tomb

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

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Ugly Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

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Dutchman's Curve

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

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