Bardstown, Kentucky
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.
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Bardstown, Kentucky
The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.
Toledo, Ohio
This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
Nashville, Tennessee
It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.
Versailles, Kentucky
This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.
Bardstown, Kentucky
Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Peoria, Illinois
One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.
Peoria, Illinois
A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.
Peoria, Illinois
The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.
Peoria, Illinois
These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.
Peoria, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.