The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

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

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

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.

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

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

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

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

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

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

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

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

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.