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Explore Chattanooga
Guides for every kind of day — from toddler-friendly mornings to mountaintop sunsets.
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Attractions · Entertainment & Nightlife · Restaurants
Chattanooga Choo Choo
The city's 1909 Terminal Station, now a hotel and entertainment campus with restaurants, music venues, and vintage rail cars — the anchor of the Southside.
Parks & Outdoor Spaces
Coolidge Park
The Northshore's riverfront front lawn, with open green space, a restored carousel, and the north landing of the Walnut Street Bridge. A natural starting point for exploring Frazier Avenue.
Attractions
Creative Discovery Museum
A hands-on children's museum downtown with exhibits for science, art, and play — built for curious kids and the grown-ups chasing them.
Shopping · Attractions
Frazier Avenue Shopping District
The Northshore's main street, lined with independent shops, galleries, cafés, and restaurants in old storefronts "between the bridges" — the Walnut Street and Market Street bridges.
Arts & Culture · Attractions
Hunter Museum of American Art
American art from the colonial era to today, housed in a 1904 mansion and dramatic modern wings perched on the bluff above the river.
Attractions
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
A funicular railway dating to 1895 that climbs about a mile up Lookout Mountain from St. Elmo to the summit near Point Park. Combination tickets with other mountain attractions are available.
Parks & Outdoor Spaces · Attractions
Point Park (Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park)
A National Park Service site atop Lookout Mountain with sweeping views of the city and Moccasin Bend, Civil War history, and the trailhead for the Bluff Trail. Entrance fee applies.
Attractions
Tennessee Aquarium
Two glass-peaked buildings on the riverfront — River Journey and Ocean Journey — tracing water from Appalachian streams to the sea. A rainy-day favorite for every age.
Attractions · Parks & Outdoor Spaces
Walnut Street Bridge
A 2,376-foot pedestrian bridge completed in 1891 and reopened for walkers and cyclists in 1993 — one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world, linking Downtown with the Northshore.