The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

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

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

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

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

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

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.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

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

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.