These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

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

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

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

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

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

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

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

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

Shortest overhead power line in the world.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.