Tennessee Magazine last week announced the winners of its 2012 Best of Tennessee Readers’ Choice Awards. More than 1,000 entries were submitted nominating the best food, attractions and accommodations in the state. Two Chattanooga attractions made the list: Hunter Museum of American Art and the Tennessee Aquarium. Sitting on an 80-foot bluff overlooking the Tennessee River, Hunter focuses on American art from the Colonial period through the present. The Tennessee Aquarium was selected in the Getaways category as a “Place to Take the Kids.” Readers in Tennessee chose Chattanooga as a whole as one of three “Towns to Visit.” The statewide awards program seeks to determine the best of all Tennessee has to offer. (David Laprad)