The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Kentucky
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 353 roadside attractions in Kentucky.
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1. Midget Mountain - Gospel Campground
Shepherdsville, KY
Religious camp with smaller than normal "houses" that may propagate a legend about a little people enclave. Doorways don't need to be tall when you're kneeling!
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2. Triple-Scoop Cone on a Pole
Harrodsburg, KY
Triple-scoop, triple-flavor ice cream cone on a tall pole is in an industrial lot filled with ice cream factory equipment. The cone and pole were lying prone in 2023, possibly awaiting re-erection.
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3. Elk and Bison Prairie
Golden Pond, KY
Drive 3.5 miles in a 700 acre preserve with free-roaming elk and bison. An official U.S. National Recreation Area.
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4. Lost River Cave Boat Tours
Bowling Green, KY
"Kentucky's Only Underground Boat Tour" features a knowledgeable guide with tales about ancient native hunts, the Civil War, Jesse James, and when it was a nightclub.
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5. WHY Lou Two Store (Closed)
Louisville, KY
WHY Lou Two was a funky gift shop with a display of unique artifacts from fun houses, including a sinister clown and a wax Col. Sanders. Closed Nov. 2015.
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6. Lincoln Birthplace, But Not His Cabin
Hodgenville, KY
A majestic temple-like building on a hill shelters a battered, ancient log cabin in a big empty room with nothing else in it. The building covers Abe's real birth site, but the cabin is just for show -- it isn't Abe's.
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7. Daniel Boone's Last Home in Kentucky
Carlisle, KY
Daniel Boone was once famous -- a frontiersman of history, TV, and lunchboxes. Nowadays his last Kentucky log cabin sits in a lonely park. You may be its only visitor.
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8. Grave of Scopes: Monkey Man
Paducah, KY
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9. Grave Expressions of Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, KY
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10. Big Indian Statue (Gone)
Franklin, KY
He stood atop a pedestal, wearing a long feathered headdress and with a spiked war club in his hand, guarding the Dixie Discount mart. Fell in a 2011 storm, reported gone in 2012. Store bulldozed in 2016
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11. Radio Invented Here, Maybe
Murray, KY
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12. Jim Beam American Stillhouse
Clermont, KY
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13. Memorial to America's Worst Drunk Driving Accident
Radcliff, KY
27 people from Radcliff were killed when their church school bus was hit head-on by a drunk in a pickup truck who was driving the wrong way on I-71. Most died from the subsequent bus explosion.
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14. Cross-Topped Water Tower
Wilmore, KY
The cross is on the highest spot around, making it very visible, especially when spotlights illuminate it at night.
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15. Treasure Trove Park
Cave City, KY
Smorgasbord attraction offers everything from a Bigfoot statue to a Hatfield-McCoy Museum.
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16. Horse Cemetery
Lexington, KY
Most horses don't get buried in cemeteries, but winners of the Triple Crown and the Kentucky Derby do. This small graveyard -- or at least its tombstones -- was moved when a Walmart was built on its original spot.
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17. Nicky Hayden, MotoGP World Champion
Owensboro, KY
Nicky was 35 when he rode through a stop sign on his bicycle and was hit by a car. His statue, however, is inspiring.
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18. Nostalgia Station Toy Museum
Versailles, KY
An old train depot has been converted into a mini-museum of mostly scale model trains.
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19. 27-Foot-Tall Tin Man
Clermont, KY
Unveiled by artist Bill Secunda in July 2025. The Tin Woodsman in the Wizard of Oz carried an ax; at this Arboretum the metal man is the tree-hugging "Heart of the Forest."
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20. Wacky Town Welcome Sign
Hartford, KY
Hartford's welcome sign describes it as "Home of 2000 happy people and a few soreheads."
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21. Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument
Horse Cave, KY
A 12-ft. tall obelisk constructed of geodes commemorates an unnamed Louisiana soldier killed on Sept. 9, 1862. The monument was erected by Sam Lively in 1934; a confederate flag flaps overhead.
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22. Metal Tepee
Williamstown, KY
Looking more like a large geometric cone than a teepee, it reportedly served as a gas station office in the 1950s and has been mysteriously resistant to corrosion ever since.
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23. McAlpine Locks
Louisville, KY
Parking lot and observation deck for visitors. If lucky, you visit will coincide with a ship going through.
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24. Hatfield McCoy Country Museum
Liberty, KY
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25. Statue of Gabe
Owensboro, KY
Who is Gabe? Gabe Fiorella, of the defunct Gabe's Tower Inn. With his blue shoes, corpse-like complexion, and grimacing smile, his statue is a one-of-a-kind.
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