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

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

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

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.

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

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

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

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

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

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

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

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

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

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