Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

After this century-old bridge collapsed, volunteers rebuilt it in a new location.

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

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 ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Florida's first suspension bridge.