Montevallo, Alabama
Tinglewood Carvings
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
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Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Birmingham, Alabama
Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.
Birmingham, Alabama
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
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
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 fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hiding in plane sight.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Huntsville, Alabama
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.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.