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

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

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

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

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

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

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

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

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

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

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

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

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

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

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