Birmingham, Alabama
Statue of Vulcan
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
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Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Chicago, Illinois
This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.