Bradley County has several historic sites.  Primarily, the present-day county is the site of the last Council Grounds of the Cherokee Nation in the Eastern United States. Red Clay State Historical Park and Historical Area offers a glimpse of yesterday with Cherokee Farm Reconstruction; the Council House; Nature Trails; Interpretive Center that contains a Theater, Exhibits and Artifacts; Picnic Areas and a Sacred Council Spring that produces over 400,000 gallons of sapphire-blue water a day.

Other tours include

• the Cleveland Downtown Historical Greenway – includes 20 historical sites
• the Cherokee Heritage Wildlife Tour –  the area’s Cherokee Heritage
• the Cherokee Scenic Loop Tour –  the Ocoee River and the Reliance Historic District in Polk County.