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

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

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

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

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

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.