Florence, Alabama
“Mountain” Tom Clark Historic Site
A spot on a busy thoroughfare that may (or may not) be the final resting place of a notorious Alabama outlaw
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Florence, Alabama
A spot on a busy thoroughfare that may (or may not) be the final resting place of a notorious Alabama outlaw
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.
Danville, Alabama
A fascinating museum near the birthplace of the greatest track and field athlete of all time.
Ozark, Alabama
Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.
Enterprise, Alabama
A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.
Dothan, Alabama
This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.
Gulf Shores, Alabama
This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.
Clanton, Alabama
The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.
Clayton, Alabama
In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.
Leeds, Alabama
This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.
McCalla, Alabama
The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.
Montgomery, Alabama
The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Enterprise, Alabama
Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.
Cherokee, Alabama
A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.
Eufaula, Alabama
That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Warrior, Alabama
In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.
Birmingham, Alabama
This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.