Nashville, Tennessee
Ugly Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
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Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Asheville, North Carolina
A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Marietta, Ohio
This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
New Haven, West Virginia
This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Knoxville, Tennessee
This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.