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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

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

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

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

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

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

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

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.