Don’t miss it while you are in Chattanooga

Chattanooga Quick Facts:

Walnut Street Bridge – the world’s largest pedestrian-only bridge

Ruby Falls – the deepest commercial caverns in the United States are located deep inside Lookout mountain and are more than 1,000 feet underground.

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Chattanooga Choo Choo – the Glenn Miller Orchestra won the first gold record awarded by the music industry for a song about the Chattanooga Choo Choo; the Choo Choo is celebrating 100 years in 2009!

Tennessee Aquarium – the world’s largest freshwater aquarium and home to the largest blue catfish on exhibit in the world, weighing in at 90 pounds.

Lookout Mountain Incline Railway – the world’s steepest passenger railway line at a 72.7% grade.

Hunter Museum of American Art – houses the South’s largest collection of American art.

Moon Pies – Chattanooga Bakery was founded in the early 1900s and in 1917 the famous MoonPie was created.

Coca-Cola – the world’s first franchised Coca-Cola bottling plant was built in Chattanooga by two local attorneys who bought the franchise bottling rights for $1 each.

The Krystal Company – second oldest quick service restaurant in the nation, was established in Chattanooga in 1932.

Hamilton Place Mall – Chattanooga has Tennessee’s largest mall.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park – the nation’s first and largest military park was the site of the bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil War, with an estimated 36,000 casualties.

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