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Tennessee · All 95 counties

Explore Tennessee's
historic places

Historical markers, Civil War battlefields, National Register places, museums, courthouses and cemeteries — 22,876 historic places on one map, with the stories behind them. Find what's near you, read the story, and go see it.

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22,876 places on the map 10,162 with a written history 95 counties

What's on the map

Every kind of Tennessee history

Built from the Tennessee Historical Commission, the Historical Marker Database, the National Register of Historic Places, the National Park Service, USGS and OpenStreetMap — and checked place by place.

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7,900
Historical markers
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2,149
National Register listings
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119
Civil War battlefields & forts
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15
National Park units
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39
State historic sites
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254
Museums
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49
Colleges & universities
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95
County courthouses
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12,533
Cemeteries

All 95 counties

From the Smokies to the Mississippi

Not just the famous stops. Every corner of the state is on the map — places on the map, by region:

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Guided tours & trails

Walk it with a guide in your pocket, or head for the hills. Tours and trails live in the iPhone app — coming soon.

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Guided tours

467 tours in 139 places

Narrated stops trigger as you arrive — no guide, no schedule. Every stop is fact‑checked and checked against the final map, from Memphis to Bristol.

  • Beale Street: Home of the Blues · Memphis Free
  • The Mother Church and Lower Broadway · Nashville Free
  • Stones River National Battlefield · Murfreesboro Free
  • Jonesborough: Tennessee's Oldest Town · Jonesborough Free
  • Cades Cove Loop · Great Smoky Mountains Free
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Trails

2,483 trails across the state

Every one with its route drawn on the map, plus length and surface.

  • Gatlinburg Trail · Gatlinburg Free
  • Tennessee Riverwalk · Chattanooga Free
  • Lake Trail at Radnor Lake · Oak Hill Free
  • Shelby Farms Greenline · Memphis Free

Campus history

Every campus has a past

From Fisk's Jubilee Hall to the bluffs at Sewanee, TennRoam maps 49 colleges and universities — with 79 guided campus tours so far, including Fisk University and the Jubilee Singers, the Vanderbilt University Campus Tour and the University of Tennessee Campus Tour in Knoxville.

How it works

Pull over. Read up. Check in.

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Find what's near you

Tap Near me, search a name, or filter by category and theme. Every pin has directions one tap away.

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Know the story

Open a pin for its history — our own sourced write‑ups, with the source named.

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Check in & collect iPhone app

Arrive and check in. Every visit counts toward a ten‑rung ladder in each category and a title in every county.

Birth of Bluegrass · Nashville

“Bill Monroe, a Grand Ole Opry star, took the Ryman Auditorium stage in December 1945 with his mandolin and a band that would create a new form of American music…”
Tennessee Historical Commission marker 3A 209 — reworded by TennRoam

A look inside

Your map to Tennessee history

  • Every located historic place in the state, clustered so it stays fast
  • Near me — what's around you, wherever you are
  • Search any town, county or place, or filter by category and theme
  • Tap a pin for its story, its source and directions
The TennRoam map — historic places around downtown Nashville

Explore by theme

Stories that cross the whole state

Thirteen themes tie the places together — filter the map by any of them.

2,849 places

Civil War Tennessee

Battlefields, forts, earthworks and the towns the armies fought through.

440 places

Music Heritage

Country, blues, soul, rockabilly and gospel — the studios, stages and birthplaces from Bristol to Beale Street.

375 places

Civil Rights Movement

Sit-ins, school desegregation, the Lorraine Motel and the people who changed Tennessee and the nation.

295 places

TVA, Dams & the Atomic City

The Tennessee Valley Authority's dams and powerhouses, and the Manhattan Project's secret city at Oak Ridge.

Also: Frontier & Early Settlement · African American Heritage · Railroads & Depots · Mills, Mines & Furnaces · Cherokee, Chickasaw & Native Heritage · Tennessee's Presidents · Rivers, Ferries & Landings · College & University Campuses · Courthouses & Courthouse Squares

Earn your rank iPhone app

From Newcomer to Volunteer State Legend

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Plus a ladder for every category — walk the battlefields and climb from Recruit and Picket to General of the Tennessee Campaigns.

A few worth pulling over for

Real places, real stories

Every site has its history, its source and directions — open the map to read them.

Start roaming Tennessee

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