Places empace Wants to Go

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.

A treasure trove of artifacts dating back to the late 19th century in Alabama.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

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

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.