In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

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

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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

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.

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

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

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

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 little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

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

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

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