An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

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

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

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

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

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

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.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

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

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

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

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

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

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