Memphis is packed with creative talents.  Listen to the music on Beale Street, check out the arts, take in a local theater production!  Antique shops Galore! Sports!  Fantastic Zoo!  Libertyland Amusement Park!  Take a ride on the River!

Walk back in time and Visit the Old Victorian Homes downtown.
If you are in Memphis in May, Wow! are you in for a treat. Enjoy the Sunset Symphony on the river banks of the Mississippi.  Take in the Memphis in May Barbeque Cook Off.
Mud Island and River Museum Downtown (where The Firm with Tom Cruise was filmed).
Memphis Music: Memphis produced more than 120 Top 20 hits!
Such greats as Elvis, Otis Redding, BB King, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Boxtops, Aretha Franklin, and more!  Start with Beale Street, Visit The Smithsonian's Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, Gibson Guitar Factory, Beale Street, Center for Southern Folklore and museum, Sun Studio, and of course, you can't miss Graceland.  Go and tour Elvis's home narrated by Lisa Marie.  If you have a chance to talk to a life long Memphian, you will find almost all of them have at least one Elvis story. He touched a lot of lives in Memphis.
Visit the Hotel Peabody, The Gateway to Southern Hospitality!  Soak in the Magnificence of This Grand Hotel.
Check out some the link provided.  You will be pleasantly surprised. And remember Memphis is only Minutes away from Tunica!
I recommend this site for all of the information you could possibly need for Memphis Site-seeing.

http://www.memphistravel.com 

Have Fun! Relax, Enjoy Yourself!

Memphis, Tennessee
Distance from Tunica Resorts Casinos: 17 miles to the Memphis City Limits. Take Highway 61 north.

Dining: Memphis offers a wide variety of dining options from casual to fine dining, including French, Southern-Style, Steakhouses, Cajun, Barbeque Asian, and Eclectic/Fusion

Attractions in Memphis, Tennessee :
Graceland
No visit to the region is complete without a visit to Graceland, Elvis Presley's beloved estate. Tours include Elvis' mansion, cars, planes, jewelry, costumes and the "Meditation Garden," Elvis' final resting place. More information at http://www.elvis.com

Beale Street Entertainment District
offers a wide variety of musical options from country, to hip-hip to the blues. Located in Downtown Memphis.

The Peabody Hotel
One of the South's Grand Historic Hotels located in Downtown Memphis. Famous for the "duck walk".

Peabody Ducks Parade through the Peabody's Grand Lobby twice daily, 11am and 5pm.

Peabody Place
is the place to go for dining and entertainment including Issac Hayes Restaurant.

FedexForum
Home to the NBA Memphis Grizzlies, this new 805,850 square-foot arena is located in downtown Memphis on Beale Street. Always open to the public, the arena will hold concerts, hockey, and arena football. For more information visit the Fedex Forum online at http://www.fedexforum.com .

Rock 'n Soul Museum
The Rock 'n Soul museum features the Smithsonian Institution's Rock `n' Soul: Social Crossroads exhibition, a chronology of rebellious hearts and echoes that shaped "the Memphis Sound" in addition to various other artifacts from Memphis music legends including Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis Smithsonian's Rock 'n Soul Museum is located in the Fedex Forum and tickets are $9 for adults and 6 for youths. For more information visit the Rock 'n Soul Museum online at http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org .

Memphis Zoo
From giraffe to pandas the Memphis zoo is packed full of animals from around the world. The Memphis Zoo will soon add Polar Bears to their list of animals when the construction of the Northwest Passage is complete in spring of 2006. Tickets for the zoo are $13 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for children (under 2 admitted free). For more information visit the Memphis Zoo online at http://www.memphiszoo.org  

Lauderdale Courts Elvis' Teenage Home
Lauderdale Courts opened its doors to the renovated apartment that Elvis and his parents lived in from 1949-53. Built in 1938, Lauderdale Courts is on the National Register of Historical places. For more information on Lauderdale Courts visit them online at http://www.lauderdalecourts.com .

Pink Palace Museum, Planetarium & IMAX Theater
Originally the home of Clarence Saunders, inventor of self-service grocery stores, the museum features culture and history exhibits unique to the Mid-South as well as a Planetarium and IMAX Theater.

Memphis Motorsports Park
Hosts NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Truck Series as well as NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series

The Pyramid
A view of the Pyramid from Tom Lee Park. This 32-story, 22,500-seat, multi-purpose arena is situated on the banks of the Mississippi River and hosts assorted entertainment and sporting events. A tribute to the city's Egyptian namesake in Egypt, it is the third largest pyramid in the world.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Set in the city's historic Overton Park, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is the region's oldest and largest museum. Its collection of paintings, prints, and sculptures spans the 13th through 20th centuries and represents cultures from virtually every continent.

Downtown Memphis Main Street Trolley
Restored antique trolley cars ramble along the Main Street Mall and scenic Riverside Drive, connecting downtown area attractions, hotels, restaurants, and shops.

National Civil Rights Museum
Located at the Lorraine Motel, site of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the museum presents interactive audiovisual displays, life-sized replicas, and actual artifacts to present an emotionally charged history of the American civil rights movement. The $11M expansion opened in September, 2002 which includes the renovation of the boarding house where the fatal shot was fired. Exploring the Legacy brings the history that followed King's assassination into the National Civil Rights Museum tour experience.