Opelika, Alabama
Melanin Cafe
At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.
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Opelika, Alabama
At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Wetumpka, Alabama
This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."
Wetumpka, Alabama
One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Birmingham, Alabama
A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.
Enterprise, Alabama
A treasure trove of artifacts dating back to the late 19th century in Alabama.
Ozark, Alabama
Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.
Tuskegee, Alabama
This historic chapel was rebuilt after lighting caused the original structure to catch fire.
Mobile, Alabama
A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.
Montgomery, Alabama
A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.
Ozark, Alabama
Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.
Dothan, Alabama
This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.
Anniston, Alabama
This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.
Mobile, Alabama
In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.
Fort Payne, Alabama
This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.
Birmingham, Alabama
The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.
Gulf Shores, Alabama
This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.
Monroeville, Alabama
An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.
Mobile, Alabama
Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Montgomery, Alabama
The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.