South Pittsburg, Tennessee
Nickajack Cave
This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.
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South Pittsburg, Tennessee
This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.
Cleveland, Ohio
Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Nashville, Tennessee
This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.
Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Salem, Oregon
An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
New York, New York
Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
An architecturally-focused antique shop.
Los Angeles, California
A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Carnation, Washington
This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Detroit, Michigan
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.