Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

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

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

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

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

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

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

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.

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.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

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.

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

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

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.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.