Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mike the Tiger
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
Mandeville, Louisiana
Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.
Mandeville, Louisiana
A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.
Mandeville, Louisiana
This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.
Meridian, Mississippi
The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.
Meridian, Mississippi
The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.
Toomsuba, Mississippi
This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
McCalla, Alabama
The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.
Birmingham, Alabama
The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.
Birmingham, Alabama
A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.
Birmingham, Alabama
This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Birmingham, Alabama
Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.
Birmingham, Alabama
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
Huntsville, Alabama
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.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.