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A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

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

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

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

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

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

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

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

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.