Rock City

:This article is about the Tennessee roadside attraction, for the Notingham based venue, see Rock City (club)

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Tennessee - Roadside attraction - Rock City (club)

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Rock City is a famous roadside attraction near Chattanooga, Tennessee on Lookout Mountain in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. It is noted for the many barns throughout the southeast United States that have the slogan See Rock City painted on their roofs. Over 900 barn roofs were painted by Clark Byers. It is near the Ruby Falls attraction. Frieda and Garnet Carter made Rock City a public attraction in 1932. As of August 2005, entry into Rock City is $12.95 for adults and $6.95 for kids 3-12. Pets on leashes are welcome--Rock City is a very dog-friendly and child-friendly place.

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Roadside attraction - Chattanooga, Tennessee - Lookout Mountain - Lookout Mountain, Georgia - Clark Byers - Ruby Falls

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Rock City features a long, convoluted rock trail lined with gardens. These gardens contain hundreds of labelled local trees and plants. The trail also leads through a variety of bizarre rock formations--the 1,000 Ton Balanced Rock is alarming to say the least, and the Fat Man's Squeeze would be impassable to anyone over about 250 pounds. Possibly the strangest part of the whole place is the Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village, which are rock caves containing creepy blacklight-responsive sculptures.

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Rock City publicity and southern lore state that it is possible to see 7 states from Lover's Leap, a point in Rock City: Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. (some with the aid of provided telescopes). Legend states that a Native American man who loved a woman from a rival tribe was thrown from the cliff when his love was discovered. His lover was so distraught that she threw herself from the same cliff.

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States - Tennessee - Kentucky - Virginia - South Carolina - North Carolina - Georgia - Alabama - Telescopes

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The Rock City vista on Lookout Mountain is the site of the climax of Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods.

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Neil Gaiman - 2001 - American Gods

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