This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

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.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

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

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.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

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

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

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

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

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

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

What better place to take a seat?

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

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.