Forks of Cypress Plantation Site

Only the columns remain from the mansion that was built in 1820 in rural Lauderdale County.

Fire destroyed the unique house in 1966. Local folklore says the columns were spared from the fire because they included materials that contain horse hair.

AmSouth Bank on Seminary Street in downtown Florence was designed from the house.

The ancestral family of Alex Haley (of the novel "Roots") was enslaved at the plantation.

The family cemetery is said to be haunted by a tall, "stately" woman. Kissing the symbol atop the tallest tombstone is said to encourage her to appear.

The Forks of Cypress in on private property, but photographs can be taken from the roadside.