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

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

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

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

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

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

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

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

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

What better place to take a seat?

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

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

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

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

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

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

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.