Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

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

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.

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.

What better place to take a seat?

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.