The gold-glass sphere built for the 1982 World's Fair still rises above downtown Knoxville like a retro-futurist relic. Its observation level and surviving fairground context make it one of Tennessee's most recognizable pieces of abandoned-future architecture.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
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Source: worldsfairpark.org/sunsphere