Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Brick walkways weave through more than 500 palms and cycads, representing 150 species from around the world.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

Hands-on activities, childbirth artifacts, and a library are all part of this tiny, one-room museum that examines motherhood and women’s roles throughout history.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

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

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.