Pinckney's Tomb is considered to be the largest grave house in Tennessee.  The grave house is a limestone and wood structure that covders the burial site of a local farmer, Pinckney Hufstedler, and members of his family.  It was originally built as a graveyard for about 10 to 12 burials, surrounded by a wall of cut stone almost 5 feet high.  Wooden walls and a roof were added because of Pinckney Hufstedler's fears that water could get into his tomb. 

The Battle of Beardstown, depicted in a mural painted in 2009 by Sonny Davis, stretched almost the entire way from Lobelville to Centerville, occupying the land where the Lobelville Golf Course now sits, giving it the nickname "The Running Battle to Centerville."  Robert D. Anderson was a captain under command of General Forrest. There his men teamed up with Colonel Jacob Biffle, and help force the federal troops to Centerville.

The Bromley Hotel, also known as the residence of Dr. Richard Calvin Bromley, was built in 1909-1911 as a full service hotel for visiting tourists and others.  It also served as his private residence and medical office.  His wife, Ardilla (Fluty) Bromley, operated a millinery shop on the second floor.  Located in the Flatwoods area, this structure is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 110-acre Craig Farm was purchased by freed slaves Tapp and Amy Craig in 1871.  In the six years between the end of the Civil War and 1871, Tapp Craig, of African American, Anglo, and American Indian ancestry, and his wife, Amy, also of mixed ancestry, continued to work on the Guthrie Farm and traded a yoke of oxen for the $150 down payment to purchase the 110-acre tract of land from Samuel Young on 25 December 1871.

Along the banks of the Buffalo River, in rural Perry County, lies a rich history. More than a decade ago, the Tennessee Department of Transportation unearthed thousands of prehistoric artifacts.

One of the oldest houses in Perry County, Tennessee, the James Dickson House, built in 1819, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.  According to local history, the first county court of Perry County met here the first Monday in January 1820, following the creation of the county by the Tennessee General Assembly late in 1819.