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A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

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

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

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

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

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

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

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

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

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

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

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

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.

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

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.