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

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

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

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

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

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

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

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

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

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

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

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

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

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

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.