Photos: Best of offbeat Southeast travel

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Photos: Best of offbeat Southeast travel

The Paul "Bear" Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa exhibits items relating to the sports history of the University of Alabama and its legendary coach. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

A "To Kill a Mockingbird" exhibit in the Old Courthouse in Monroe County includes a courtroom used for as a model for the film, drawings, photos and a documentary about author Harper Lee. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

More than 40 alligators are part of Alligator Alley in Summerdale, Ala. Contributed by Alligator Alley. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Peanut Depot's antique roasters. Credit: Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau. HANDOUT PHOTO

A public art project features more than a dozen murals commemorating people, places and historic activities in Dothan, Ala. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

Vulcan, the world's largest cast iron statue, Vulcan, overlooks Birmingham. The status is 56 feet tall and made of 100,000 pounds of iron. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO

The World's Longest Yard Sale, held the first Thursday through Sunday in August, starts in Gadsden, Ala., and travels along U.S. 127 to Chattanooga, Tenn. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Ochopee, Fla., post office, in an old shed in the Florida Everglades, is the smallest post office in the U.S. Contributed by Lori Johnston. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

Florida's offbeat attractions include a replica of an ice machine invented by John Gorrie at a state park named after him in Apalachicola. Contributed by Florida Department of Environmental Protection. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The 100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yard Sale in October spans seven Georgia towns – Unadilla, Vienna, Cordele, Sylvester, Moultrie, Berlin and Quitman. Contributed by City of Sylvester. HANDOUT PHOTO

At Tank Town in Morgantown, Ga., teens and adults can drive armored personnel carriers throughout the property and even smash cars. Contributed by Phil Gable. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Georgia Guidestones in Elberton -- known as America's Stonehenge - is a mysterious structure reaching 19 feet high with messages in multiple languages. Contributed by Georgia Department of Economic Development. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Big Oak in Thomasville, Ga. is now more than 330 years old and 165 feet long. It's at the corner of Monroe St. and Crawford St. in Thomasville.

Visitors might see the ghosts of a Confederate soldier or nuns roaming the ornate lobby of the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, which claims its one of the most haunted hotels in New Orleans. Contributed by Bourbon Orleans Hotel. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

Voodoo dolls are on display at the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. Contributed by New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum is in Vicksburg, Miss., in an original building where the soft drink was first bottled. Contributed by Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

Asheville's River Arts District, home to artist studios, is one of the sections in the city filled with colorful quirky murals on walls and buildings. Contributed by Zen Sutherland. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

See the grave of Wolfman Jack, the D.J. famous for his gravelly voice in the 1960s and '70s, by a roadside in Belvidere, N.C. Contributed by North Carolina Union Volunteers. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

White squirrels can be spotted scampering around Brevard, N.C. Contributed by Heart of Brevard. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

The Hollerin' Heritage Festival draws residents and tourists to Spivey, N.C., each year to preserve agricultural tradition and barbecue. Contributed by City of Spivey. HANDOUT PHOTO

The Wooly Worm Festival each October celebrates the fuzzy caterpillars that become beautiful tiger moths in Banner Elk, N.C. Contributed by Avery County Chamber of Commerce. HANDOUT PHOTO

Hang out with characters from "The Wizard of Oz" on the yellow brick road at Autumn at Oz in Beech Mountain, N.C. Contributed by Autumn at Oz. HANDOUT PHOTO

A monument in Columbia, S.C., honors J. Marion Sims, the founder of gynecology in the mid-1800s. Contributed by City of Columbia. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

See the land deeded to a deity at God's Acre Healing Springs in Blackville, S.C. Contributed by Barnwell County. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

A Saint George, S.C. child takes a dive headfirst into a pool of grits. CREDIT: Courtesy Saint George World Grits Festival. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

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The Paul "Bear" Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa exhibits items relating to the sports history of the University of Alabama and its legendary coach. Contributed by Alabama Tourism Department. HANDOUT PHOTO - NOT FOR RESALE

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