Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

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

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

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

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

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

What better place to take a seat?

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

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

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

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

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