A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

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

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

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

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

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

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."

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

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.

What better place to take a seat?