45 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Kentucky - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Kentucky

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

World's longest known cave.

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Waverly Hills Sanitorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

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A Moonbow in action.

Williamsburg, Kentucky

Cumberland Falls State Park

Moonbows over Kentucky.

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Dinosaur World in Cave City, Kentucky. (Creative Commons)

Cave City, Kentucky

Dinosaur World

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

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Petersburg, Kentucky

USS Sachem Ruins

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

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Wigwam Village No. 2. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cave City, Kentucky

Wigwam Village #2

One of few surviving themed motels on Route 66.

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Lexington, Kentucky

The Monroe Moosnick Medical and Science Museum

Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.

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Chairs from Guntown's original chairlift lay rusty below it.

Cave City, Kentucky

Funtown Mountain

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

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Castle Post

Versailles, Kentucky

Castle Post

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

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The Vent Haven Museum.

Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Vent Haven Museum

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

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Petersburg, Kentucky

The Creation Museum

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

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Smithland, Kentucky

Mantle Rock

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

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A sad sight for car collectors everywhere

Bowling Green, Kentucky

National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

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Added by Rachel

Pope Lick Trestle Bridge

Louisville, Kentucky

Pope Lick Trestle Bridge

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

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Added by EricGrundhauser

Colonel Sanders Grave

Louisville, Kentucky

Colonel Sanders' Grave

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

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Added by EricGrundhauser

Eastern Cemetery

Louisville, Kentucky

Eastern Cemetery

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

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Added by savannahdarr

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Unique
Food & Drink
from Kentucky

Snow Cream

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Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

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Chitlins

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Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for African-American performers during the Jim Crow era.

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Lamb Fries

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Lamb Fries

Breaded and fried, these testicles become tasty tenders.

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Stories
About Kentucky

It was almost the perfect crime...

The Attempted Statistics Exam Heist That Went Through an Air Duct

Two Kentucky college students (allegedly) got creative.

by Eric Grundhauser

A "sea devil" from Icones animalium (1553).

Where to Find the World's Best Hometown Monsters

Here are 25 places to see yetis, sea monsters, Sasquatch, and other cryptids.

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