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Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

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

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

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