Ruby Falls is an underground waterfall located over 1,000 feet beneath Lookout Mountain in East Tennessee. Travelers visit for the dramatic waterfall reveal, guided cave tours with stunning rock ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Gin Phillips about "Ruby Falls." Her new novel begins in 1928 Chattanooga when a man discovers a mysterious underground cavern with a massive waterfall.

You don’t often visit one natural wonder and discover another hidden inside it, but Lookout Mountain is one such tourism twofer. The soaring peak in Chattanooga, Tennessee, houses the country’s ...

Near the southeastern border of Tennessee lies the stunning riverside town of Chattanooga — crowned North America's first National Park City in April 2025. Over the years, Chattanooga has made a name ...

Note: This story was updated on Feb. 7 to correct the size of the event space and the years when the space was formerly used for summertime dances. Ruby Falls, one of Chattanooga's most visited legacy ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – One of Chattanooga’s most beloved tourist attractions announced a major expansion Wednesday. Organizers say the expansion will make it the most modern tourist attraction in ...

The private collection of fossils discovered decades ago in Lookout Mountain Cave prompted a significant new partnership between Ruby Falls and the East Tennessee State University Center of Excellence ...

Initially both caves were shown as a tourist attraction, but extensive deposits of soot from the coal-driven engines flooded the railroad tunnel in Lookout Cave so it was closed to tourists in 1935.