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

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

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

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

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.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

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

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

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

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

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