This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

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

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

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

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

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

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

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.