Auburn, Kentucky
South Union Shaker Village
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
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Auburn, Kentucky
The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
New Iberia, Louisiana
A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.
Memphis, Tennessee
The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Cave City, Kentucky
Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Horse Cave, Kentucky
Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.
Jamestown, Tennessee
It's believed the famed author's parents once used this spring to gather water.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Tallassee, Tennessee
Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.
Bryson City, North Carolina
The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Townsend, Tennessee
In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Raeford, North Carolina
This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.