The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The world's longest known cave system.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

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

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

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

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

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

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.