Places grantavery Wants to Go

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

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.

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

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

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

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

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

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.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.