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

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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.

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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.

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African Village in America

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

Donor Memorial.

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Donor Memorial

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

The Storyteller

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'The Storyteller'

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

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