Abandoned Places in Tennessee

Former buildings and sites with abandoned histories and reported paranormal stories; check access before visiting.

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Tennessee State Prison

Nashville, TN

The Tennessee State Prison's castle-like gatehouse has loomed west of Nashville since 1898, closed since 1992 and known worldwide from 'The Green Mile' and music videos. Its cellblocks, riots and executions left a hard history — and a reputation that filming crews repeat. No public entry.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

Abandoned Places

Hales Bar Dam

Guild, TN

Hales Bar Dam stands abandoned on the Tennessee River near Guild, Tennessee — a 1913 hydroelectric dam built, in legend, on ground cursed during the Cherokee removals, and plagued in fact by leaks until its 1968 closure. Ghost tours now run through its cavernous powerhouse.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

Abandoned Places

No Business

Oneida, TN

No Business, Tennessee, may be America's best-named ghost community — a remote Big South Fork creek settlement whose farms emptied by mid-century, leaving chimneys and walls in deep woods. Backcountry telling keeps cabin lights and voices where no one lives.

0 approved community reports

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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About abandoned places in Tennessee

Tennessee's abandoned places are compiled from local history, published folklore and visitor reports. Many are open to the public, and several offer tours or overnight stays.

Stories are recorded as accounts rather than established fact. Browse by city above, or open the full map to explore everything near you.