William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

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

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

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

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

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.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

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

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

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

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

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

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.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.