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Choo-Choo Hotel: Check out one of the largest model train displays in the U.S. at the Choo-Choo Hotel in Chattanooga where you can even sleep in a Victorian railroad car! The model is 174 feet long and 33 feet wide with enormous detail including 1200 cars and 3000 feet of track. If you love miniatures, it’s worth the stop even if you don’t spend the night there!
Rock City: Just south of Chattanooga, about 10-15 minutes off of I24, is Rock City. Be ready to spend at least a couple hours, so only stop if you can spare the time. The biggest draw is Lover’s Leap, a rock jutting out from the side of Lookout Mountain with a waterfall, named High Falls, cascading down. Learn the Cherokee legend of a Romeo and Juliet type story where two young lovers

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