While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

Wander the locker-lined, terrazzo-floored halls and sleep in a former classroom at this unique inn.

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

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

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

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

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

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

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

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

Admire impressively detailed models of everything from a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen to the world's smallest Swiss Army Knife.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.

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

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

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

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.