‘7 Tourist Traps You Love’? Um, Not so Much.

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  05.13.08 | 10:24 AM ET

imageAmong the places making the list of tourist traps that Budget Travel readers “loved anyway”: Mardi Gras World museum in New Orleans, Hoover Dam on the Nevada-Arizona border (pictured) and Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Wrote one reader: “Pigeon Forge ... is absolute fun and enjoyment.” I passed through Pigeon Forge once en route to the Great Smoky Mountains. It is—how do I put this delicately?—hell on Earth. To fully experience the place, I highly recommend “lunch” at Duff’s Smorgasbord.

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