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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Birmingham

10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Birmingham, Alabama

Updated February 28, 2022
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Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Birmingham, Alabama

Sloss Furnaces

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
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Red Mountain Park

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
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Statue of Vulcan

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
African Village in America. (Wikimedia Commons)

Birmingham, Alabama

African Village in America

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.
Donor Memorial.

Birmingham, Alabama

Donor Memorial

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.
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Birmingham, Alabama

'The Storyteller'

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
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The monument, pictured here in August 2017, was once partly covered by wood. It has since been dismantled altogether.

How an Infamous Confederate Obelisk Finally Came Down

The monument in Birmingham, Alabama, became a flashpoint in the fight for racial justice.
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