Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens

Oct 13, 2022
Oct 13, 2022

Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in 2021 — Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in 2021
Photo: Daniel Meigs

Second Place: Bad Axe Throwing

Third Place: Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

More Best of Nashville wins: Cheekwood Estate and Gardens also took Best Outdoor Fun (2026, 2025, 2024, 2019), Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners (2026, 2024, 2019), Best Wedding Venue (2026, 2025, 2024), Best Art Happening (2025) and Best Summer Camp (2025, 2024) in the Readers' Poll.

Winners

Vanderbilt University

Best College Sports Team

Vanderbilt University

Extreme Party Nashville

Best Transpotainment

Extreme Party Nashville

Bad Axe Throwing

Best Bachelorette Attraction/Activity

Bad Axe Throwing

Shelby Bottoms Nature Center & Greenway

Best Place to Ride a Bike

Shelby Bottoms Nature Center & Greenway

Sheree Spoltore

Best Community Role Model

Sheree Spoltore

Broadway

Best Place to People-Watch

Broadway

Natchez Trace Stables

Best Day Trip

Natchez Trace Stables

River Queen Voyages

Best Water Activity

River Queen Voyages

Gnash

Best Sports Mascot

Gnash

Christ the King Catholic Church

Best Place to Worship

Christ the King Catholic Church

Percy Priest Lake

Best Place to Swim

Percy Priest Lake

Father Dexter Brewer

Best Religious Leader

Father Dexter Brewer

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens

Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens

Centennial Park

Best Park

Centennial Park

Hany Mukhtar

Best Nashville SC Player

Hany Mukhtar

Roman Josi

Best Predators Player

Roman Josi

Derrick Henry

Best Titans Player

Derrick Henry

A collection of items including a bomber jacket and a boombox in an exhibit about the evolution and spread of hip-hop in the 1980s. Photographed ahead of the opening of the National Museum of African American Music in 2021.

Best Cultural Center

National Museum of African American Music

Chattanooga

Best Weekend Getaway

Chattanooga