The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

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.

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

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.

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

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

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

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

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

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

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

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

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