Kentucky Is Home to an Eerie Graveyard Full of Abandoned and Rotting Tanks

With fall approaching, I've been on the lookout for things to do and places to visit to fill up the inevitable beautiful weekends to come. I conducted a search for abandoned locations in Kentucky that the public is permitted to visit without any restrictions.

Fort Knox

It's a good list, but one location jumped out at me. The thing is, I'm going to have to put a visit on hold until the spring...one day next spring. I hope I can make it happen because when I see the word "graveyard," my eyes light up. It sounds grim, I know, but I'm the son of a funeral director and mortician. It was all part of growing up.

My fascination with traditional cemeteries and graveyards extends to what they have at Fort Knox as well. It's an eerie graveyard full of abandoned and rotting tanks. I mean, where else would you create such a thing?

Tank Graveyard

When You Can Visit and What You'll Need

Earlier, when I said "one day next spring," I meant Memorial Day. Fort Knox is available for tours and sightseeing throughout the year, but on the final Monday in May, restricted areas are open for exploration for several hours. They include, not only the tank graveyard, but also any of the 122 military cemeteries that are on the grounds.

Fort Knox is the perfect destination for a Memorial Day road trip, but to pass through checkpoints into those restricted spaces, you need to be 18 years of age or older and possess a Real ID or a current driver's license along with necessary valid supplemental documents.