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| 1 Cannonsburgh - A Pioneer Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Reconstructed southern pioneer village of the 1800s. Gristmill and collection of old farm machinery. | Address 312 S Front St Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129 |
General Location: In the heart of town Closest City:
Murfreesboro Closest Interstate: I 24 exit 78 Closest Airport:
Nashville BNA
| Contact Phone 615 890-0355
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| 2 Chucalissa Archaeological Museum and Reconstructed | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Archaeological site discovered in 1939, nine 15th century Native American houses and a temple were reconstructed in the 1950s. | Address 1987 Indian Village Drive Memphis, Tennessee 38109 |
General Location: Closest City:
Memphis Closest Interstate: US 61, I-55 Exit 8 Closest Airport:
Memphis Intl MEM
| Contact Phone 901 785-3160
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| 3 Fort Loudon State Historic Area | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: 1200 acre site is the location of a reconstruction of a 1756 British fortification. It sits on a peninsula located on Tellico Lake. | Address 338 Fort Loudon Road Vonore, Tennessee 37885 |
General Location: Closest City:
Knoxville (35 mi) Closest Major Road: US 411, I-75 (10miles) Closest Airport:
Knoxville TYS
| Contact Phone 615 884-6217
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| 4 Fort Nashborough | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Reconstruction of original fort in Riverfront Park, downtown Nashville. Smaller than original, with fewer cabins. | Address 170 1st Av N. Nashville, Tennessee 37201 |
General Location: Closest City:
Nashville Closest Interstate: I-24 exit 84 or 85 Closest Airport:
Nashville BNA
| Contact Phone 615 862-8424
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| 5 Historic Collinsville | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Features log houses and outbuildings from 1830-1870. | Address 4711 Weakly Road Southside, Tennessee 37171 |
General Location: Closest City:
Nashville (40 mi) Closest Major Road: I-24
Closest Airport: Nashville BNA
| Contact Phone 931 648-9141
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| 6 Historic Manskers Station Frontier Life Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Mansker's Fort of 1779 and Bowen Plantation house of 1790's. The fort is 1/3 the size of the original, because not all the cabins inside were reconstructed. | Address Bowen-Campbell Moss Wright Park Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072 |
General Location: Closest City:
Nashville (15 mi) Closest Interstate: US 31, SR 174 to I-65
exit 97 Closest Airport:
Nashville BNA
| Contact Phone 615 859-3678
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| 7 Historic Rugby | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Founded in 1880 as a cooperative, class-free agricultural community. Today the Schoolhouse is a visitor center with 12 minute video and the origin point of walking tours. | Address 5517 Rugby Hwy PO Box 8 Rugby, Tennessee 37733 |
General Location: Closest City:
Knoxville (75 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 52 to US 27,
I-40 exit 352 Closest Airport: Knoxville TYS
| Contact Phone 423 628-2441
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| 8 James White's Fort | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Several cabins and stockade of original settler of Knoxville, costumed interpreters. | Address 205 E Hill Ave Knoxville, Tennessee 37915 |
General Location: Closest City:
Knoxville Closest Interstate: I-75 or I-40 Closest Airport:
Knoxville McGhee-Tyson TYS
| Contact Phone 865 525-6514
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| 9 Museum of Appalachia | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: 65 acres and and many log structures depicting daily life in the Appalachian mountains. Includes an Appalachian Hall of Fame. | Address 2819 Andersonville Hwy PO Box 318 Norris, Tennessee 37828 |
General Location: Closest City:
Knoxville (20 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 62 to I-75 exit 112 Closest Airport:
Knoxville TYS
| Contact Phone 865 494-7680
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| 10 Rocky Mount Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Territorial Capital from 1790-1792, today costumed interpreters reenact a day in the life of a typical frontier family. | Address 200 Hyder Hill Road Piney Flats, Tennessee 37686 |
General Location: Closest City:
Johnson City (10 mi) Closest Interstate: US 11 to I-181 exit 35 Closest Airport:
Tri City Rgnl TRI
| Contact Phone 423 538-7396
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| 11 Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Location of the first permanent American settlement outside the original 13 colonies. A reconstruction of Fort Watauga, site of a two week siege in 1776, is now in the park | Address 1651 W Elk Ave Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643 |
General Location: Closest City:
Johnson City (24 mi) Closest Interstate: US 321 to I-181 exit
31 Closest Airport:
Tri-City Rgnl TRI
| Contact Phone 423 543-5808
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| 12 Tipton-Haynes Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do |
| Description: Linked to several historic events and personages form the before the revolution to the civil war, the location was the site of the 1788 "Battle of the State of Franklin." | Address 2620 S Roan St Johnson City, Tennessee 37601 |
General Location: Closest City:
Johnson City Closest Interstate: I-181 Closest Airport:
Tri-City TRI
| Contact Phone
423 926-3631
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