The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

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

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

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.