Nashville, Tennessee
Dragon Park
This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Hatch Show Print
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Townsend, Tennessee
Tuckaleechee Caverns
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Adams, Tennessee
The Bell Witch Cave
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge "The Secret City"
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Morristown, Tennessee
The 'Evil Dead' Cabin
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Sevierville, Tennessee
Forbidden Caverns
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Knoxville, Tennessee
William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Center
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
St. Louis, Missouri
Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis
A big museum full of little worlds.
Matawan, New Jersey
Site of the New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Park City, Kentucky
Bell's Tavern Ruins
A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.
Cave City, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum
Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.
Permanently Closed
Cave City, Kentucky
Funtown Mountain
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Mayna Treanor Avent Studio
Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.
Permanently Closed
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Meridian, Mississippi
Grave of Kelly Mitchell
The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.
Natchez, Mississippi
Under-the-Hill Saloon
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Grave of Douglas the Confederate Camel
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Lexington, Mississippi
Grave of the Lady in Red
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Sandy Hook, Mississippi
Smitty's Super Service Station
One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.
Decatur, Georgia
Waffle House Museum
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
