A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

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

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

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.

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

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

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

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

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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