Places FerdXcursions Wants to Go

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

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.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

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

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

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

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.