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

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

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.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.