FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

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

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A spirited shopping experience.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

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

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

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

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

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.