Let’s start with some animal statues. Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg have lots of them.
This crab (one of two) is at Harpoon Harry’s Crab House in Pigeon Forge:
This giant bear in Gatlinburg is made entire of welded hardware nails:
This catfish is at the Huck Finn’s Catfish restaurant in Pigeon Forge:
This giant alligator is at Gatorland in Pigeon Forge:
Parrot Mountain is in Pigeon Forge:
This pair of sphinxes is at the Kerbela Shriners Temple in Knoxville:
This giant flip flop (and pop top) is at the Margaritaville Resort in Gatlinburg. There are dozens of other locations in the U.S. and I believe all or most of them have these statues, in different colors:
The restored, former Airplane Gas Station in Powell is now a vacation rental:
This theatre is in Clinton:
The Student Aquatics Center is at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville:
This Space Needle is in Gatlinburg:
This former Phillips 66 gas station is in Knoxville:
This former S&W Cafeteria is in Knoxville:
This cute sign is in Gatlinburg:
This sign is in Maryville. It was originally installed in Gatlinburg where it advertised for the Mountain View Hotel and the panels were painted to look like logs:
This business in Knoxville is long gone but the sign remains:
These signs are in Knoxville:
This business in Clinton is also long gone but the sign was either repainted or replicated. Surely, it had neon originally:
A great (and now rare) hillbilly sign at Ciderville Music in Powell:
Originally, advertised for the Regas Restaurant in Knoxville:
Lastly, this supermarket sign is in Clinton. There are very few of these neon Ingles signs left:
Back soon with lots more Tennessee.
A reminder or if you are new to these blog posts… as I finish adding each day’s photos to my website (roadarch.com), I post about a dozen photos to Flickr (agilitynut), then I post about a dozen other photos here and duplicate them at my other Flickr account (roadsidenut).
Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs
