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Wendy Jones

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Tuckaleechee Caverns. (Creative Commons)

Townsend, Tennessee

Tuckaleechee Caverns

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

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.

The Big Pineapple.

Bathurst, South Africa

The Big Pineapple

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

Southern African Large Telescope

Cape Town, South Africa

South African Astronomical Observatory

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

The outside of the museum.
Permanently Closed

Trinidad, Colorado

Art Cartopia Museum

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

Indiana Jones House (Bed & Breakfast)

Antonito, Colorado

Indiana Jones Home

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

Royal Gorge Bridge

Cañon City, Colorado

Royal Gorge Bridge

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Esse Purse Museum & Store

Little Rock, Arkansas

Esse Purse Museum & Store

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

The Pfeiffer Home. The Hemingway's bedroom is the upper left one in front.

Piggott, Arkansas

Hemingway-Pfeiffer House

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

Home-Built Razorback Hog. (Agility Nut)

Berryville, Arkansas

Home-Built Razorback Hog

Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.

Beatles Park

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

Beatles Park

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

The gates of the former Bassett POW Camp.

Joiner, Arkansas

Bassett POW Camp

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

Tiny Town

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Tiny Town

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

The Arlington Hotel

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Johnny Cash's Boyhood Home

Dyess, Arkansas

Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Wall of Big Mouth Billy Bass

Little Rock, Arkansas

Billy Bass Adoption Center

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Basin Park Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Basin Park Hotel

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

Christ of the Ozarks

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Christ of the Ozarks

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

I Yam What I Yam

Alma, Arkansas

Popeye Statue

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

Boggy Creek Monster

Fouke, Arkansas

Boggy Creek Monster

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

Sign and chimney.

Huntsville, Alabama

Hotel Monte Sano

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

The Rock Zoo

Fackler, Alabama

The Rock Zoo

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Helen Keller's water pump

Tuscumbia, Alabama

Helen Keller's Water Pump

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

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