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This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

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

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

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

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

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

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

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

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.