Places bellafarfalla Wants to Go

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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

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

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Alongside this Memphis trail are several sculptures that show trail-goers how to relax.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

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

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

What better place to take a seat?

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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