This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

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

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

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

What better place to take a seat?

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

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

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

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

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.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

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

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