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A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

An ode to this small town's big film history.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.