Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

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

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

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

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

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

What better place to take a seat?

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

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

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.