Decatur, Georgia
Crowley Mausoleum
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
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Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Huntsville, Alabama
Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Huntsville, Alabama
What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?
Huntsville, Alabama
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Huntsville, Alabama
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.
Rome, Georgia
World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.
Rome, Georgia
This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Rome, Georgia
Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.
Marietta, Georgia
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Atlanta, Georgia
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Alpharetta, Georgia
A man's home is his castle.
Clarkesville, Georgia
A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit.
Hapeville, Georgia
This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.