Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

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

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

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

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The world's longest known cave system.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

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

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.