William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.