Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

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

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

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

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.