Places explorationanddecay Wants to Go

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.

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

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

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

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

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

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

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

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.