Alabama: Dicksonia Plantation, Lowndesboro
Steeped in faded grandeur and with a somber history that includes the use of slave labor, this overgrown pre-Civil War mansion near the town of Lowndesboro dates back to 1830. Also known as Turner-Dickson House, it was rebuilt in 1940 following a devastating fire. Yet the plantation house burned to the ground once again in 1964.