William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

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

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

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

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

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

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

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.