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Unusual Summer Vacations in Eastern Tennessee

For those who seek out the weird and wonderful, Eastern Tennessee is definitely a place to visit, especially in and around Gatlinburg. Cabin rentals give visitors striking scenery and a place to relax after a day of seeing the numerous unusual attractions close by. Ripley's "Believe it or not," haunted mansions, and unusual museums are just some of the things to see and do here.

Ripley's "Believe It Or Not"

Just a short drive from most Gatlinburg cabin rentals, Ripley's Believe it or not has several attractions all in one area that have to be seen. Ripley's Believe it or not Museum is an entire collection of unusual items and historical pieces that were collected by Mr. Ripley including two headed animals, strange looking torture devices, and even real shrunken heads.

Once you have seen all three floors, head over to the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies. There, you can watch sharks, manta rays, and more than 8,000 different water species. You can even get up close to crabs and stingrays or enter the local discovery center. A new exhibit in the Aquarium is an entire area that contains "Babies in Incubators".

Also nearby is the Ripley's Moving Theater. This is an adventurous 4D simulator movie theater that shows two action films all year. There is also Ripley's Haunted Adventure. This scary tour allows you to walk through a building said to be the Grimsby & Streaper Casket Company originally built in 1891. To relax, Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf has an 18-hole landscaped course with both animated and interactive displays to maneuver the ball through.

Mysterious Mansion Of Gatlinburg

Those staying in Gatlinburg cabin rentals are also close to the scariest place on earth. The Mysterious Mansion of Gatlinburg is a haunted early 1900s mansion complete with a creepy dungeon. Scary sounds, moving furniture and real live ghosts are waiting around every corner. Best of all, because the team changes the fright level of the program depending on who enters the house, the entire attraction is safe for younger children and the elderly. To make it easy to fit into any vacation schedule, the Mansion is open until 11PM from May to October and is also operating during the winter.

The Hollywood Star Car Museum

For car lovers staying at one of the Gatlinburg cabin rentals, the Hollywood Star Car Museum is a great place to stop. The 'General Lee' from 'The Dukes of Hazard', Jethro's automobile from 'The Beverly Hillbillies', and even Fred Flinstone's 'Flintcar' can be found here as well as 37 other famous automobiles. Each one is situated in its own themed space along with all sorts of information about the vehicle.

Visitors staying at Gatlinburg cabin rentals have many unusual attractions and interesting adventures in the surrounding area. Spectacular museums, interesting adventures, and realistic haunted locations are great places to visit while in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. There is nowhere else in the world that creates a unique and interesting vacation quite like Eastern Tennessee.

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