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Downtown Container Park

Las Vegas, Nevada

Downtown Container Park

A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.

Sun porch.

Montgomery, Alabama

F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

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

Hank Williams' Death Car. (Creative Commons)

Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams' Death Car

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

Wounded Peace Dove Statue (VIOLATA PAX DOVE)

Montgomery, Alabama

Wounded Peace Dove Statue (VIOLATA PAX DOVE)

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Sloss Furnaces

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

Heaviest Corner on Earth 1993.

Birmingham, Alabama

Heaviest Corner on Earth

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

An illustration of the hotel, circa mid 1930s - mid 1940s

Birmingham, Alabama

Thomas Jefferson Tower's Zeppelin Mooring Mast

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

Donor Memorial.

Birmingham, Alabama

Donor Memorial

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

 The Storyteller

Birmingham, Alabama

'The Storyteller'

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

Books, Beans, & Candles

Birmingham, Alabama

Books, Beans, & Candles

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

Statue of Vulcan

Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Vulcan

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

The "front out" display at Alabama Booksmith

Homewood, Alabama

Alabama Booksmith

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

The Big Peach in Clanton, Alabama

Clanton, Alabama

Big Peach Water Tower

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

The chapel interior.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Carmelite Monastery

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

Pacific Grove, California

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The Joseph Boston Store, better known as Casa del Oro.

Monterey, California

Casa del Oro

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The Old Whaling Station

Monterey, California

Monterey's Old Whaling Station

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The "Basket" Tree was woven together from six separate sycamore trees.

Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Whalers Cabin in Point Lobos State Reserve.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Whalers Cabin Museum

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Gilroy Garlic Festival posters and paper boasting of the braid's 216 feet length.

Gilroy, California

World's Longest Garlic Braid

At 216 feet in length, this ornamental allium string is a feat to behold.

Hangar One

Mountain View, California

Hangar One

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The rear of the lighthouse

Pacific Grove, California

Point Pinos Lighthouse

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Kissing Rock

Pacific Grove, California

Kissing Rock

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Colton Hall Museum

Monterey, California

Colton Hall Museum

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

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