Explore Memphis

They say "Memphis has torn down more history than most cities will ever have." But the jewel of the mid-south - the gateway to the Delta - has incredible museums and attractions for locals and visitors alike.

  • The museum on the site where Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, the Mar-Keys, and so many others made soul music history is an incredibly detailed look not just at the music made there, but at the culture and history of the south. Give yourself several hours for the self-guided tour.

  • Built as part of the Rural Cemetery Movement in the mid-19th Century, Elmwood is the final resting place of 75,000 people, including over 5,000 who died as part of one of Memphis' infamous 1878 Yellow Fever outbreak. Self-guided audio tours are available, including one you do from your car if it still has a CD player. Plus, Kittie used to work there!

  • Depending on who you ask, the world's largest Bass Pro Shop, in downtown Memphis, is either the third or ninth largest pyramid in the world, and it is certainly the largest pyramid at which you can buy guns. The mock bayou village inside is a truly unique window-shopping (or should we say window-swamping) experience.

  • Sun Studios has as good a claim as anywhere to being the birthplace of rock and roll, and on the guided tour, you get to hold a microphone used by Johnny Cash and the rest of the Million Dollar Quartet.

  • In 1976, while at the top of pop stardom, Al Green quit the scene and devoted himself to God; he's held services at this small Memphis church most Sundays ever since. While there's no guarantee that Bishop Green will be there, odds are decent if he's in town, and the music is great either way. Services start just after 11:30 on Sundays; be sure to bring a tithe.

  • One of the last of the old-fashioned juke joints, Wild Bill's doesn't look like much - the bar is about as bar-bones as it gets, and the grill may be nonexistent - but it is absolutely the place to hear live blues and soul Wednesday-Sunday.

  • The clothes, the cars, the airplanes, the furniture, and of course, the music; it wouldn't be Memphis without the King. You don't have to love Elvis to love Graceland - in fact, you might even have more fun checking out just how wild his style was if you don't.