This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

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

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

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

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

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

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

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

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