This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

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

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."