This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

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

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

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

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

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

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

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

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.