Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

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

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

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

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

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

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

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

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

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

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

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

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

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.