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

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

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

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

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

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

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

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

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

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

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

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.