A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.