These 9 Unique Buildings In Alabama Will Immediately Stop You In Your Tracks

Located atop Lookout Mountain, the Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel is truly one of a kind. In 1937, it was built into the side of a rock by Milford Howard as a memorial to Sallie, his wife who died in 1925. Services are still held at this chapel each Sunday.

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This courthouse might look normal, but once you get closer, you'll notice a face staring from the attic window. This mysterious window is what the town of Carrollton is most famous for. The window is also the subject of one of Alabama's most famous ghost stories, "The Face in the Courthouse Window," by Kathryn Tucker Windham.

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Built in the 1940s, this unique elephant-shaped building was originally used as a dentist's office. The service station is now abandoned, and it's located approximately a half mile west of the intersection of Highway 1.

This unique gravesite belongs to a little girl who passed away in 1933 at the age of four. Her name was Nadine Earles. Nadine wanted a playhouse for Christmas. Sadly, she passed away on December 18th. Nadine's father had already started building her playhouse. In spring 1934, he moved it to Oakwood Cemetery and hired a contractor to finish it. Nadine now has the playhouse she always wanted.

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Tolstoy Park, which was built in the 1920s, is one of Alabama's most unusual houses. Henry Stuart, known as the "Hermit of Montrose," built this dome-shaped house after his diagnosis of tuberculosis. He was told he didn't have long to live, so he relocated to Alabama to live a simpler life. He actually lived several years longer than his doctor's expectations.

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The Petty-Roberts-Beatty House, also known as the "Octagon House," was built from 1959 to 1961 and is one of Alabama's most uniquely-shaped houses. It's also one of only two antebellum octagonal houses to ever survive in Alabama.

Built in 1939, the historic Rosenbaum House is the only building in Alabama that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It's also the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Southeast that's open to the general public.

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There's no denying that Mosher Castle is straight out of a fairy tale. Featuring spires, turrets, a drawbridge and moat, this unique house is known as "Fairhope Storybook Castle." Mosher Castle is one of Alabama's true gems.

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Middle Bay Light, also known as Middle Bay Lighthouse, is situated in the middle of Mobile Bay. This cottage-style lighthouse was first constructed in 1885, and it's one of Alabama's most unique structures found on the Gulf Coast.