An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

Home to a monument dedicated to the American Rock duo along with a collection of music memorabilia.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

Northern Kentucky’s very own Notre Dame showcases intricate stained glass and the bones of saints.

Wander the locker-lined, terrazzo-floored halls and sleep in a former classroom at this unique inn.

He’s not from around here.

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

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.