The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States. The park was named for the smoke-like bluish haze that often envelops these fabled mountains.
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The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee is at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was slain in 1968. The museum preserves the motel and tells the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.
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Dolly Parton is a native of Sevierville, Tennessee. A major highway, the Dolly Parton Parkway, takes visitors traveling to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.