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This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

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

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

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

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.