Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
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Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Louisville, Kentucky
The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.
Cave City, Kentucky
Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.
Louisville, Kentucky
This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Louisville, Kentucky
The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.
Michigan City, Indiana
A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.
Lyons, Illinois
A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.
Forest Park, Illinois
A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans, Louisiana
If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.