Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

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

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

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

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

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

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.