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Chattanooga Choo Choo is a major link between the southern and northern states of the United States and was the first train to offer non-stop service. The "Terminal Station" of Chattanooga Choo Choo is both a tourist attraction and a hotel boasting an antique engine, shops, and restaurants. Other major highlights of this place include rides on a 1924 trolley, visiting beautiful gardens, exploring a restored sleeper car, and seeing a large model railroad layout with over 3,000 feet of track.

One of the most tourist-frequented attractions in Chattanooga, Tennessee Valley Railroad offers a plethora of excursions aboard the vintage engines. These rides include an opportunity to ride a vintage steam train through stunning Tennessee countryside, passing through a Civil War era railroad tunnel, and crossing three bridges. Visitors can also wander through the eclectic collection of engines, rolling stock, and memorabilia.

Tennessee Aquarium features a number of displays related to freshwater fish found in the southern US. Visitors here can take the Ocean Journey that takes them into the open ocean environment where stingrays, sharks, and reef fish glide through the coral formations. The Boneless Beauties Gallery in the Tennessee Aquarium includes a giant octopus, jellyfish, and cuttlefish. The original River Journey building here takes visitors on a freshwater adventure with exhibits displaying a steamy Delta swamp, the Appalachian Cove Forest, and the best-known rivers around the globe.

Featuring an interesting collection of American art from the colonial times to the present day, the Hunter Museum of American Art includes exhibits such as paintings, furniture, sculpture, works on paper, and modern studio glass. A segment of this museum is located in a 1904 Classic Revival mansion while the ultra-modern part is perched atop an 80-foot bluff with spectacular vistas of Tennessee River.