Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

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

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

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

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

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

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

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

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The world's longest known cave system.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.