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

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

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

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

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

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

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

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

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

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

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

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

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

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.

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

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

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