Attractions

Tune in to see actor Jeff Daniels as a Buckless Yooper. In addition, learn about a professional baseball team’s mascot called Mr. Celery, and the Museum of Funeral Customs that has one focus — death.

Business

Ever drink an okra martini or lather up with a luxury soap named after the lowly boll weevil? Need live crickets – fast? Click here to find out more about these and other businesses that offer unusual products and services!

Dining

Pass the napkins, please. You can get a fried double bologna burger, or try a pig sandwich, green chili slopper or coffee potato ice cream. Wash everything down with a white birch beer from the Hall of Foam.

Oddities

Time out: A Division I college football game actually had a final score of 222-0. Also, somebody had to invent Mother’s Day, and a city called Skullbone got its name from hosting bare-knuckle boxing matches.

Festivals

What’s that smell? Be sure to attend a celebration that features outhouse races, then bring a breath mint to the annual Garlic Festival. In addition, applaud the lucky and deserving winner of the Slug Queen Pageant.

Tres Magnifique
Ahh…spring time in Paris … Paris, Tennessee that is.

No need to travel across the Atlantic for a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower. Just take a short drive to Memorial Park in Paris, Tenn., to see Tennessee’s own version.

The 60-foot replica of the French tower has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in Henry County. The original wooden structure, donated in 1992 by Christian Brothers University, was recently replaced by a sturdier steel version designed by University of Tennessee at Martin engineering students.

An American flag that once flew above the nation’s capitol now flies atop the tower, symbolizing the liberty and freedom that also inspired the construction of France’s Tour Eiffel.