Have you ever wondered where the largest underground lake is? Some people might guess South Carolina, Montana, or maybe someplace in Hawaii that sounds like someone just sneezed. Actually, the home to the largest underground lake in the U.S is Tennessee. If you want to learn more about Tennessee, just keep on reading. Nashville is the capital city but not the largest. Memphis takes home the largest city prize and is the home of Elvis Presley himself. Memphis also is the 20th most populated state in the U.S. Tennessee, or as some call it "The Volunteer State" was founded June 1, 1796 (the 16th colony). That means for 222 years Tennessee has been making some interesting landmarks, landforms, and finger-licking good barbeque.

Tennessee has a state bird, flower, and animal; Tennessee's bird is the mockingbird which is ten inches long, including its rather long tail. It has a light gray coat and a whitish underside, it's wings and tail are darker grays with white patches. Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas also have the mockingbird as their state bird. The flower iris, along with the wildflower which is the passionflower. The statal animal is raccoons. If you didn't know, …show more content…
They walk like bears and are good swimmers, the raccoon is as comfortable in urban areas as in the deep woods.

Tennessee has an unusual flag. It has 3 stars is that they represent the three different landforms in Tenessee, like the mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. On the flag, these regions are bound together in an unbroken circle, and the field is crimson with a blue background that is like the sky for the stars. That's