Chattanooga Information Center / Downtown Art Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to Chattanooga! What better way to learn cool things about our Scenic City than to have a scavenger hunt?! Your mission is to complete the hunt in a two-hour time frame. It could be done sooner, but we won’t penalize you for lingering at a stop or three. We’ll even give you a hint—all these answers can be found within a 1-mile radius of the Chattanooga Information Center

Scavenger Hunt Instructions

Use the clue and the Experience Art Map to figure out the answer.

Participate for a chance to win!

Submit your answer and submit a photo for each clue. If you answer all 10 correctly and submit 10 correct images, you will be entered into our quarterly drawing for the chance to win a blue Chattanooga t-shirt! 

On your mark! Get set! Hunt! 

1. Stop One

These rusted steel signs are sure to remind you where you are. 

They welcome you from up high. 

At eye level, too. 

And are just a few feet from a center of honor. 

Oh, the fun places you can go! 

If you step inside, you can learn some cool facts, 

And a tasty place to enjoy lunch at! 

But first, what four syllable word do you see on the rusted signs? 

2. Stop Two

Lemon-colored tools that sweep the sea, 

In a rowboat's grasp, where they should be. 

A trio of yellow on a rusted beam 

Across from Cherry Garcia and Ameri-cone Dream. 

3. Stop Three

 Look for red bricks, tan bricks, too. 

Then wander around back and step into shade... 

There, you’ll find history not far away. 

What figure looks like it walked out of a history book? 

4. Stop Four

You won’t have to travel by sea 

To find an ode to the Cherokee. 

Flowing down steps and 

Across from River Journey, 

There you will find a sight for sore eyes, 

Not too far from where the cars drive by. 

5. Stop Five

In this painted reef, 

Whiskers dive where fishes dart, 

Furry adventure tiles, underwater art. 

Near a room to escape 

And Thai food grin, 

Brick-framed on Market, 

A feline that swims. 

6. Stop Six

If you travel across Market and up along 1st, 

You will spot a set of sculptures filtering water from storms. 

These local stones are too large to throw, 

But sit and enjoy a treat before going home. 

7. Stop Seven

On second thought, 

Take your treat to go… 

And cross the silver bridge. 

Walk a curved path between the Hunter and the Houston 

On the back of the Bluff, just a smidge. 

A silver infinity loop, 

Like a metal fish leaping - 

A large form on a pedestal 

Towards a hill that drops steeply. 

It represents the river 

And a ribcage uncurling, 

Like the swirl of a music note 

Towards a vista unfurling. 

8. Stop Eight

South of the overlook, a gate you will pass 

To find scattered boulders upon the grass. 

A spiral path, 

Ten dark blue eyes, 

Cranium totems beneath the sky. 

What is the name of this place? 

9. Stop Nine

A Golden opportunity 

to step on someone’s feet. 

From the Merengue to the Waltz, 

Look on Frazier Street. 

10. Stop Ten

Don’t be too quick to leave the Northshore behind! 

It is big, strong, and its skin is not thin. 

It is not the color of its usual kin. 

You may spot a horn, but it’s not a unicorn. 

Its feet stay pristine, but its wheels are worn. 

Congratulations! You have completed the Scavenger Hunt!

We hope you discovered some good finds! If your feet are tired, you can catch a ride on Carta’s Free Northshore Electric Shuttle to get back across the river. If you are wondering what to do next, stop by our Chattanooga Information Center on the Aquarium Plaza for some tips!