Seven things to do and see in Nashville as IndyCar races in Music City
Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, the home of country music in the US and is located on the Cumberland River.
IndyCar races at Nashville Superspeedway for 225 laps at this oval track from August 30-31 as the finale of the 2025 IndyCar season.
Here, Travel News Blitz’s Ayla Vaughan explores seven things to do and see in Nashville.
Ole Smoky Distillery “6th & Peabody”
Ole Smoky Distillery “6th & Peabody” brings the Appalachian roots of the Smoky Mountains to the city of Nashville by having a moonshine distillery and beer brewery onsite.
Visitors can enjoy live music, giant TVs and a large outdoor beer garden (with games such as cornhole and ping pong), as well as their moonshine, whiskey, cocktails, beer and food.
Andrew Jackson's Hermitage
Andrew Jackson's Hermitage was the home of the seventh president of the US, who hailed from Tennessee and is known for the rise of Jacksonian democracy and the development of the Democratic Party.
Over 30 historic buildings in a Greek Revival style sit on 1,120-acres of this landmark where visitors can view artefacts as well as videos containing information about Andrew Jackson, such as his cotton plantation worked on by slaves at the time.
Cheekwood
Cheekwood is a 1930s Country Place Era estate that was formerly the family home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, who were founders of a wholesale grocery business and coffee company - which was bought in 1928 by General Foods for more than $40 million.
In its 30,000-square-foot Colonial Revival mansion and 55-acres of gardens, there is a botanical garden, arboretum, museum with furnished period rooms and permanent collection galleries dedicated to American art from the 18th to mid-20th centuries.
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Watch the Grand Prix of Nashville
IndyCar visits Nashville Superspeedway as the last round of the season, having changed from racing on the streets of the Music City to racing at this oval circuit just outside the capital since 2024.
The 1.33-mile concrete oval features 14 degrees of banking, and has a capacity of 25,000- 30,000 people who can come to enjoy the last race of the year.
Belmont Mansion
Belmont Mansion is the largest house museum in Tennessee built in a Greek Revival and Italianate style and one of only a few whose history revolves around the life of a woman, who was one of the wealthiest at the time.
Adelicia Acklen’s husband Isaac Franklin died in 1846 and gave his slave-trading fortune to her, and she later married Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen and together they used Belmont as a summer home.
Gaylord Opryland Garden Conservatory
Gaylord Opryland Garden Conservatory is well known for its nine acres of lavish indoor gardens that boast over 50,000 tropical plants and rare international blooms.
Each of the gardens is housed under one of the hotel's soaring atriums, with an elaborate climate-control system that keeps the temperature high and humid necessary for plants such as palm trees, banana trees, jasminium vines, gardenias and more.
Tennessee State Museum
The Tennessee State Museum chronicles the state’s rich history through its permanent collection, a hands-on children’s gallery, six rotating galleries, a state-of-the art digital learning center and a two-story Grand Hall.
Significant artifacts related to the state’s history include displays of art, furniture, textiles and photographs produced by Tennesseans, as well an exhibition solely focused on their involvement in the Civil War as a Confederate state.
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