yes, we have the TN Aquarium (2 HUGE buildings), the refurbished river front, Ruby Falls, Rock City, The Chickamauga Battlefield park is just a short drive away...there's Stone Mountain Park as well...which is cool (Civil War memorial type thing), The Incline Railway (which is freaky to ride up/down the mountain side, the Hunter Art Museum & the Art district downtown as well...

and I could ask my father in law about deals on Hotels as he works 3rd shift for a Hampton Inn here in town...