Shopping
Quirky FunBass Pro Shops at the Pyramid
FreeShop outdoor gear inside a 32-story pyramid with an indoor cypress swamp, aquariums and an elevator ride to a glass-floored deck.
Memphis, TN
Area guide · Tennessee, USA
Things to do in Memphis
Home of blues, soul and rock 'n' roll on the Mississippi River
- Shopping
- Nightlife
- Sightseeing
- Attractions
- Nearest airport: MEM, about 7 miles
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Three to see first in Memphis
Nightlife
IconicBeale Street
FreeWalk a historic downtown Memphis street lined with blues clubs, bars, restaurants and shops with live music.
Memphis, TN
Sightseeing
IconicGraceland
$50+Tour Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, step aboard his custom airplanes and visit his grave in the Meditation Garden.
Memphis, TN
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Shopping
Quirky FunBass Pro Shops at the Pyramid
FreeShop outdoor gear inside a 32-story pyramid with an indoor cypress swamp, aquariums and an elevator ride to a glass-floored deck.
Nightlife
IconicBeale Street
FreeWalk a historic downtown Memphis street lined with blues clubs, bars, restaurants and shops with live music.
Sightseeing
IconicGraceland
$50+Tour Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, step aboard his custom airplanes and visit his grave in the Meditation Garden.
Attractions
Family FavoriteMemphis Zoo
$25–$50See polar bears, hippos, Komodo dragons and thousands of other animals across themed zones at a zoo in Midtown Memphis.
Museums
IconicNational Civil Rights Museum
$25–$50Walk through the story of the American civil rights movement at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968.
Museums
History BuffStax Museum of American Soul Music
Under $25Explore soul music history on the site of Stax Records, with Isaac Hayes's gold-trimmed Cadillac and a recreated Studio A.
Sightseeing
IconicSun Studio
Under $25Tour the small Memphis studio where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis cut records in the 1950s.
Stay
IconicThe Peabody Memphis
$50+Stay at a 1925 grand hotel or stop in the lobby to watch five mallard ducks march to the fountain.
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About
About Memphis
Memphis sits on the Mississippi River in southwest Tennessee and calls itself the home of blues, soul and rock 'n' roll. Visitors can tour Elvis Presley's Graceland, hear live blues on Beale Street, and see Sun Studio and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. The city also has the National Civil Rights Museum, the marching ducks at the Peabody Memphis, Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid and the Memphis Zoo.