Rock City - The South's Greatest Tourist Attraction
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Walt Disney *did* visit this place...while traveling to get ideas for Disneyland,he didn't think much of what the American amusement park had become (this was the early 50's),but he was impressed by Rock City,particularly Fairyland Caverns.
I had not heard about that, but it makes complete sense
This is my worst nightmare...tight enclosed places and heights! Glad you could go so I can vicariously enjoy without a heart attack ha ha!
me too. I thought I would have a panic attack on his behalf.
or worse on a swinging bridge and some clown/ Kid decides to rock it on purpose :/
True that bro.
We built this city...
We built this city on rock and rooooolll...
ShootingStarNeo "We built this city on rock and gnomes"* dunno how you missed that
stop! your making me thinking of the muppets!
My son had a field trip a couple years ago to Chattanooga and we went here. I always thought it was still in Tennessee.... They never told us any different.... Thanks for clarifying that it's actually in Georgia.
The most horrifying thing about that place is the public domain music they are blasting throughout the attraction lol.
13:15 "draw me like one of your french gnomes"
I just saw that part as soon as I saw this comment xD
I have fond memories of this place as a kid, I loved it so much! The part that I can't seem to forget is the caverns at the end. As a child it filled me with so much wonder and I've remembered it as the most magical place I had ever been. Thanks for this video, it brought back so many great memories ♥
Say what you will, but, until I saw this video, I didn't realize Rock City was a real place! I have seen the barns with the signs, but thought it was just for nostalgia or whimsy. On a recent roadtrip up to NY (with my Wife), I made it a point to stop here on the way back. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and want to stop back when we have more time! Thank you Jacob for filming this.
I've been waiting for this one. I live in Knox and never understood what was up with the see rock city signs. Thank you...
That same legend of 2 Indian lovers leaping to their death, "Lover's Leap" exists outside of Gate City, VA at Natural Tunnel.
@Kathy -- also out in Utah where there are 1000s of rock formations and platforms for "ending it all" if so inclined... also Lover's Leap in Colo, and Ariz, and prob lots of other states as well
jack that was so funny. lol you going around all the Rock's that is a Grate video, we loved it. TN.
just stumbles across this channel and happens to spend all weekend exploring museums and tourist attractions with you.
Carpetbaggers you are right! This attraction is definitely cool! It's one of those rare glimpses of old school attractions that are getting harder to find in this day and age! I always look forward to your videos,bro.....keep up the good work!
This park is slightly horrifying. I'd be afraid to be crushed or fall to my death the entire time.
The fairytale part reminds me a lot of the dark rides at Disneyland with the glow in the dark paint and all.
Black light paint
Rock city is real close to Tennessee.. Beautiful
You need to come back to rock city in the winter! The Christmas display will blow your mind
Rock City is a magical place. There is another section you missed with a tribute to Tom Thumb Golf and the original gatehouse, where you can watch a short film about RC's origins.
Omg I forgot about this place, my grandma took me here when I was about 6. I think this is what inspired me to do flourescent painting, When did that gnome start vaping?
Its amazing that this place is still in such good condition and so many people still enjoy this,....hopefully it will continue and not go the way of so many abandoned sites.... good day to you! Sass
Always enjoy getting to see these attractions through your videos ! Great work :)
wow that was brilliant,thank you jacob for sharing
Thank you thank you!! Been waiting for you to post this!! Love this place so much, been there many times! It's nice to see it again! I love what you do, keep it up :)
Jacob, thanks for the Rock City tour. I hv lived in TN forever n not gone there, silly i know....and now i cannot. It was nice to see it, FINALLY! THANKS
At the start of the video, you can see a place called ‘The Fudge Kitchen’. I went there about a year ago, and their fudge is AMAZING! Especially the cookies and cream. Pretty expensive though.
This is right up my alley....love this place...thanks for sharing Jacob...love your videos!!! Keep up the great work !!
You should go to the Christmas lights at rock city. It’s my family tradition since we live so close in Chattanooga
I'm scared of that plat form I will never ever risk my life on something like that
I won't be able to visit this rocky place, due to fear heights and feeling like I can't breath. Thanks for sharing Rock City. looks cool.Loved the stone witch.
Been there tons of times in my younger days. I love that place! Down in Ruby Falls is great too!
Why does that place look familiar?
Oh my god... I've been there before. Only when I was little. Now I wanna go see it again!!!
Rock City is one of my all time favorite places too - I was also in Tenn on that same day but I was in Memphis for Elvis Week
It's SOOOOOO much better in person!!!! Thank u sooo much for postin this!!!! Oh my gosh I had a little snow globe from THERE!!!!! This is my favorite place ever! My family is from Tennessee and we would go there sometimes when we went to see em! Oh the MEMORIES🙊🙊🙊🙊❣❣❣❣
hey CarpetBagger,,, hope ya got yourself a "fairy tale book" at the gift shop and brushed up on all of the ChildHood Tales,,, ya didn't seem to know much about them as ya went into the Mother Goose Cave,, ha ha ha,, i saw there were little signs telling ya about the stories, but ya failed to show any of them up-close,,, i just guessed them as i recalled those wonderful and horrifying stories of my youth,,,
the actual rock formations and cliffs are fantastic tho,,, need to plan a trip to ROCK CITY one of these days, and hope i don't get stuck inside the "Needle Eye" or the "FatMan Squeeze" ha ha ha,,,, THANKS for posting as always,,, and keep on traveling
A great great job, I grew up near Rock City, it was nice to review Rock City,
I've been wanting to visit this place for a long time. Nice video
I love the roadside attractions you've shown on here. This is stuff I never got to see when I was traveling around. Thanx for sharing
This awesome stuff.
I used to go to rock city as a kid. Loved all of it.
This place and Roadside America were my two favorite attractions as a kid.....
Agreed- Rock City is awesome.
I agree we with u on saying that platform sticking over the ledge looks rather sketchy for sure!
'Smells like Cave of the Sewer!' Hilarious!! Looks like a cool place, if I ever make it to your neck of the woods, I'll have to check it out! Thanks for the fun video!
Jeez! this video triggered my memory of how much I hated that bridge!!😂
I wanted to on the bridge last time I was there but it was closed off, im going again on Christmas, so hopefully i can go on it this time!
hey jacob,you should get a drone n include ariel shots into your videos like adam does,i think its so cool to get a birdseye veiw of certain things
I want one bad, but I am trying to save up for a quality one
Dwayne Woods hard to fly a drone in certain places like that too high up and too windy
Very Cool and Interesting Place! Thanks for sharing!
I've actually been to Rock City I barely remember it so your video helped me remember bits and pieces of the day I went
Awesome...I will definitely have to visit...maybe even a quick visit to junkyard city at the base :)
I used to go here all the time growing up. It's amazing how Fairyland Caverns hasn't changed at all. (I always thought it was kinda creepy. Lol.)
There are multiple spots you can see seven states in; such as Clingman's Dome
This was awesome!!! I never knew that place existed.
I love Rock City!!!! It's so beautiful there!
Wow
That place really ROCKs
This was one of my favorite attractions as a kiddo, I live about 45 mins away from Chattanooga!
Very cool place! Thanks for sharing!!!
Except for the Ripley’s museums and LaBrea Tar Pits, I have never heard of these amazing places. Such a great channel.
I had almost forgotten about Gaffney's water tower!
I went when I was a kid but couldn't fully appreciate it then, hopefully I can someday make another trip
This place looks awsome great video.
Most children don't know these nursery rhymes any more as they don't seem to be taught them now. I loved the old Grimm's fairy tales as a child, I just hope they don't die out completely, would be a shame.
What a cute place for kids and families. Thanks Jacob!
Beautiful footage until the Fairytale caverns! I wont sleep now knowing that place exists! JAcob, you work in CPS.....you should have stopped that old woman in the shoe from beating the crap out of that kid! Lol! Enjoyed it my friend!
+pirategirl58 I'm trying to go easy on her, she had so many kids she doesn't know what to do
Lol! You're good man Jacob!
Great video. I'm going there in June.
Wow thanks that was so awesome! I could stay there all day!
I just love your videos so much! I miss living in the south! I lived in NC
It is so amazing there, i loved it, i really have got to plan another trip there
You should check out Panama Rocks, Panama NY and Watkins Glen NY.
Good video. I was there years ago. You should go to Eureka Springs Ark.
sometime, if you haven't been. It's very interesting and unique, lots
of old style Victorian homes, great scenery also.
+Big G I love Eureka Springs
Have you been to Eureka Springs? are you going?
+Big G I have been, it's amazing
Amazing place! Wow, thanks
I've been there when I was like 16. I am now 33 and not much has changed.
Yeah, this place is EPIC- WAY bigger than you're going to expect....
Carpetbagger, you squeezed through!
Good work, Thanks Jacob.
I went there like three times it's awesome!!!!!!!!
I went there when I was 8... I miss it!
I've been there. The heights and tight spaces made me a bit nervous but over all it was really fun
I would love to go here.I remember almost all the nursery rhymes That was Great.Thank you .
Mea Culpa. I forgot it's on the border. It's been a good many years since I've been there.
What an awesome place, great video!
i got scared on the swing along bridge and froze mid way crying (i have a fear of heights) took forever to get me across xD
thanks , havent been there for years. Guess my son was 5 or 6 last time. He is 40 now.
I honestly got scared when he was walking accross the swinging bridge, and all those people standing on lovers leap, this is the most terrifying thing I've ever watched, more than any horror movie out there.
I'd love to go there one day. A little Citizen Kane at the end there. Nice.
Ice Ice Baby...I love your sense of humor Jacob! Mr Van Winkle would be pleased. I never knew how awesome the Smokey Mountains were until I saw you and Adam The Woo's videos...I'm impressed....Can you answer what the background music @17:53 is? A hint is it's the most forgotten theme music from a horror series that never included the villain in the film or the original premise to the series? Peace & Fun
I'm glad someone picked up on that ridiculous reference
We have a Rock City in Nottingham.
The UK’s best independent live venue and club. So slightly different to yours 😀.
Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes are extremely violent! Ring Around the Rosy describes the symptoms of the Bubonic Plague....we all fall down.
Oh no really? I totally haven't been told so at least a thousand times. This is sure news.
yes @STASH,,, they were very "dark" in the themes to many of the "childhood tales" like "ding, dong dell--pussy in the well" and "rock-a-bye baby on the tree top" who puts a poor kitty in the well to drown? and who rocks a baby to sleep on top of a huge tree? esp when the branch breaks and the baby falls down,,, oh no or "wee willy winky runs thru the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown",, checking on the children? what a town perv
The view is awesome!
Always wanted to go there.
Grew up going to this place! Love it!
really enjoyed that thankyou
That wolf is adorable.
i loved seeing this place, what a great attraction :-)
I go there all the time!
HEADS GROWING OUT OF THE GARDEN!
Amazing!
This place is great! Would love to visit there!!!
Its best to go in fall that is when you get the best views.
TheRetro1986 Cooler weather too! Thanks thats good to know!
Wally Weener In the Summer you have the smog from the city and it times you cant see that far.
Went here on a family vacation when I was very young in 1977! I thought gnomes were real then! Good memories!
I pleased with how natural this attraction is! With the reputation of its advertisements, I was thinking it was going to involve way more kitschy statues and animatronics and other hallmarks of tourist traps.
Thank you Carpetbagger! I am glad to see Rock City again! Went when I was a kid. Was hoping Fairy Tale Caverns was still there!! I love that part best of all!! Zak Bagan's of Ghost Adventures has a museum full of cursed items......please go there! I want to see inside it all!!! I have been binge watching your show. Thanx!! It's been fun!
I went there in 2005. It was awesome.
8:14 The kid's laugh. LOL
that minds me of the freaky stuff my mum and dad use to take me to. what amazing place one day kids will never know what they mist