Places Heather Marcello Wants to Go

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

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.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

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

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

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

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

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

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

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

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

What better place to take a seat?

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

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

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

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

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