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An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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

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

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

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

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

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

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

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

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

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

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.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

What better place to take a seat?

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

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

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

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.