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The Crystal Shrine Grotto

Memphis, Tennessee

The Crystal Shrine Grotto

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Silky O'Sullivan's

Memphis, Tennessee

Silky O'Sullivan's

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Courthouse.

Dayton, Tennessee

Rhea County Courthouse

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness

Sparta, Tennessee

Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

Musical Parking Garage

Charlotte, North Carolina

Musical Parking Garage

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The “Can You Say Yay Yay?” is a supremely satisfying triple-threat.
Permanently Closed

Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

Hidden Heart of Music Row

Nashville, Tennessee

Hidden Heart of Music Row

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Saint Mary's Church.

Nashville, Tennessee

Saint Mary of the Seven Sorrows Catholic Church

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

Hell House Altar
Permanently Closed

Ellicott City, Maryland

St. Mary's College

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The ruins of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Daniels, Maryland.

Ellicott City, Maryland

Daniels

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Patsy's home in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Patsy Cline's Childhood Home and Grave

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

The mysterious iron rabbit.

Winchester, Virginia

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

Fish Ladder Park

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fish Ladder Park

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

Tanglefoot, north wall. (Daniel Postellon/Flickr)

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Tanglefoot Building

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

Tulip Time Festival

Holland, Michigan

Tulip Time Festival

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

Guardian Building Art Deco Lobby.

Detroit, Michigan

Guardian Building Art Deco Lobby

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

Photo by Carrie Burnett

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Salt Mine

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

Ottawa Street North, street sign.

Hamilton, Ontario

Tim Hortons No. 1

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

Aerial shot of Naskart Racing

Montville, Connecticut

Supercharged

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

Stunning

Norwich, Connecticut

The Blue Lady of Yantic Cemetery

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

View from the parking lot

East Lyme, Connecticut

Book Barn

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Fantastically ornate cash register from the days yore
Permanently Closed

Wilmington, Delaware

Museum of Business History and Technology

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

Spongebob?!

Rhinebeck, New York

Fork in the Road-Rhinebeck

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

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