South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

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

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.