Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

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.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

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

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

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

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

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

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.