20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

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

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

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

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

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

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

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

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

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

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

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

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

At 216 feet in length, this ornamental allium string is a feat to behold.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.