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One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

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

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

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

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.