In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.