This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

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

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

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

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

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

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

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

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.