Childersburg, Alabama
Majestic Caverns
Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
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Childersburg, Alabama
Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.
Birmingham, Alabama
The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.
Birmingham, Alabama
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
Eastham, Massachusetts
These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.
Fort Payne, Alabama
This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.
Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
McCalla, Alabama
The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”