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

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

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

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

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

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

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

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

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

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.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.