This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

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

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

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

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

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

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

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

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

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