the aquarium is TWO big buildings that takes a minimum of 2-3 hours to view all of it Me & the fam love it. There's "Jack's Alley" with a bunch of restaurants to choose from...Plus lots of other food places around. The Chickamauga Battlefields are close by for the history buffs..as well as Stone Mountain, GA; the Incline; and other such Civil War memorabilia type places/monuments. There's even a "preserved" monument on the side of the hill near my job here...called Boynton Park. There's a Drive-In theater about a 15-20 min drive just outside Chattanooga--a family friendly environment, but fun none the less. Plus, for those that would enjoy the walk through our downtown, we have a walking ghost tour complete with story tellers (Chattanooga Ghost Tours). The Chattanooga Duck tours (by duck boat) on the river and our own Southern Belle Riverboat.