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Grave of Mercy Brown

Exeter, Rhode Island

Grave of Mercy Brown

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves

New Mexico

Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

The Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Erotic Heritage Museum

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The Cribs in winter.

Duluth, Minnesota

Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

A popular meeting place, Smith Drug Co. became a hotbed for the Civil Rights Movement in Hattiesburg.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Smith Drug Co.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Natural rock water slide.

Coolin, Idaho

Lionhead Natural Water Slides

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Palma Sola Botanical Park is a 10-acre park and gardens featuring a Rare Fruit Trail in northwest Bradenton.

Bradenton, Florida

Rare Fruit Trail at Palma Sola Botanical Park

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

1209 N Orange Street

Wilmington, Delaware

Corporation Trust Center

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

Audubon Museum & Nature Center

Henderson, Kentucky

Audubon Museum & Nature Center

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.

The famous exterior.

Evansville, Indiana

Roseanne's House

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

The inn.

Bardstown, Kentucky

Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

Abraham Lincoln Statue

Louisville, Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln Statue

This 12-foot bronze statue pays tribute to his early days in Kentucky.

TACK marks the spot

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

World's Largest Pin

The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.

World's largest pocketknife in Radcliff, Kentucky.

Radcliff, Kentucky

World’s Largest Pocketknife

This world record holding pocketknife is so large that it has to be operated by a crane.

World’s Largest Quilting Needle

Paducah, Kentucky

World’s Largest Quilting Needle

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Cocaine Bear in Kentucky for Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Cocaine Bear

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

Paranormal Roadtripper's Nightmare Gallery

Somerset, Kentucky

Paranormal Roadtripper's Nightmare Gallery

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

Skull of St. Magnus

Louisville, Kentucky

Shrine of Saints Magnus and Bonosa

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

Tri-State Peak.

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Tri-State Peak

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

Cumberland Falls State Park

Williamsburg, Kentucky

Cumberland Falls State Park

Moonbows over Kentucky.

John Paul Jones Crypt

Annapolis, Maryland

John Paul Jones’ Crypt

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

Prepare for one of nature's most dazzling displays.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Hamilton Pool

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Giant Pyramid near Nekoma, North Dakota

Nekoma, North Dakota

The Pyramid of North Dakota

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

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