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Memphis
City in Tennessee, United States

Memphis

Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat.

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Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Tennessee, the fifth-most populous in the Southeast, and the 29th-most populous in the US. While being the most populous single municipality on the Mississippi River, Memphis anchors the third largest metropolitan area by population behind only the Twin Cities and St. Louis. Metropolitan Memphis includes parts of Arkansas and Mississippi, the 45th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. with 1.34 million residents.

Get in

Getting to Memphis

Memphis is on the southwestern corner of Tennessee, with the Mississippi River and the state of Arkansas bordering it to the west and the state of Mississippi to the south.

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    Memphis International Airport

    Despite its name, it does not serve international passenger flights, though the main international hub of global shipping giant FedEx is based here.

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    Greyhound
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    Turimex Internacional
See

Worth seeing

Downtown Memphis. Buy a ticket and take the trolley to get a good overview of the area.

Do

Things to do

Check out live music on Beale Street Memphis Redbirds, 200 Union Ave,. Minor League Baseball team that plays at

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    AutoZone Park

    They are the Triple-A affiliates of the St.

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    FedExForum

    FedExForum is the largest public building construction project in Memphis history.

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    Memphis Hustle

    The Grizzlies' NBA G League affiliate plays at the Landers Center on the Mississippi side of the border in Southaven, MS.

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    Ghost River Brewing

    You can tour the facility for free on any Saturday, but you must make reservations.

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    Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park

    Forested area along the Mississippi for recreating and observing nature.

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    T.O

    Fuller State Park, 1500 W Mitchell Rd, toll-free: 1-888-TN-PARKS (867-2757).

Eat

Where to eat

Memphis is one of the cheapest places in the USA to live, and that includes going out to eat. Memphis is famous for two things: music and food. The local BBQ is well-known, and you can sample it "wet" (with spicy, tangy sauce) or "dry" (rubbed with spices before cooking), with rib tips being a well-known local specialty. Other options abound across the city, from Southern home cooking to international fare.

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    Arcade Restaurant

    Patterson Ave, across South Main St from the train station).

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    Waffle Shop
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    Earnestine and Hazel's

    Mon-Thu 5PM-2AM, Fri Sat 5PM-3AM, Sun 7PM-2AM.

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    Automatic Slims
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    Blues City Cafe

    The garlic pan-seared shrimp is tasty, as well.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.