Metropolis, Illinois
The Super Museum
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
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Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Summerville, Georgia
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Montgomery, Alabama
The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.