A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

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

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.