A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

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

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

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

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

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

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

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

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

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.