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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Petersburg, Kentucky

Updated October 11, 2013

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Petersburg, Kentucky

The Creation Museum

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

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Dinsmore Homestead Museum

Burlington, Kentucky

Dinsmore Farm

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

5 miles from Petersburg

Facing South.

North Bend, Ohio

President William Henry Harrison's Monument and Tomb

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

8 miles from Petersburg

Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel

Cleves, Ohio

Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel

A small wall and marker are all that remain of this historic canal tunnel.

8 miles from Petersburg

Burlington, Kentucky

Rabbit Hash

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

8 miles from Petersburg

Florence Y'all Water Tower

Florence, Kentucky

Florence Y'all Water Tower

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

12 miles from Petersburg

The diorama pit in Big Bone Lick State Historic Site depicts a scene of the mammoths, mastodons, and bison that frequented the area thousands of years ago.

Union, Kentucky

Diorama Pit at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

13 miles from Petersburg

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