Smithland, Kentucky
Mantle Rock
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
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Smithland, Kentucky
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Groton, Connecticut
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Hayward, Wisconsin
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A large circus museum with summer performances.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Lincoln, Illinois
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.