Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

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

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

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.

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

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

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

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