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This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

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

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.

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

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

This massive cave is a sight to behold.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

Vintage steam trains that still run through a pre-Civil War tunnel

More than five miles of underground passageways.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.