Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

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

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

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

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

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

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

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

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

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

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

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.

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

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

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