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This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

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

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.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

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

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

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

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

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

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

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

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

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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

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