Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

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

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

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

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

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

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

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

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