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The old hanging tree, once outside, now built into the bar.

Key West, Florida

Captain Tony's Saloon

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The museum as viewed from the street.

Miami Beach, Florida

World Erotic Art Museum

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Several crescent moons in limestone.

Homestead, Florida

Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Quinlan Castle
Permanently Closed

Birmingham, Alabama

Quinlan Castle

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

Sign and chimney.

Huntsville, Alabama

Hotel Monte Sano

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

Helen Keller's water pump

Tuscumbia, Alabama

Helen Keller's Water Pump

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

‘Falling Star’

Sylacauga, Alabama

‘Falling Star’

A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Huntsville, Alabama

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

MPTA-098 with Pathfinder and its previous companion MPTA-ET.

Huntsville, Alabama

MPTA-098

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

Pathfinder and MPTA-ET from the right near sunset.

Huntsville, Alabama

Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

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.

Statue of Vulcan

Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Vulcan

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

The bright green Astroturf that surrounds the graves of Hank Williams and his wife Audrey.

Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams's Gravesite

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

The Grave of Miss Baker

Huntsville, Alabama

The Grave of Miss Baker

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Sun porch.

Montgomery, Alabama

F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Photo by Sarah McDonald

Cullman, Alabama

Ave Maria Grotto

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Dead Children's Playground

Huntsville, Alabama

Dead Children's Playground

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The Rosenbaum House, from the rear

Florence, Alabama

Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House

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

Unclaimed Baggage Center

Scottsboro, Alabama

Unclaimed Baggage Center

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

Autoeater
Permanently Closed

Atlanta, Georgia

'Autoeater'

In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.

Georgia Guidestones
Permanently Closed

Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

1895 Exposition Steps

Atlanta, Georgia

1895 Exposition Steps

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

The Zoo,Groovy Yard Art

Mineral Bluff, Georgia

The Zoo, Groovy Yard Art

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

Titan I Missile

Cordele, Georgia

Titan I Missile

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

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