Alabama

Alabama

CityAttractionHoursPriceNotes
AnnistonFreedom Riders National Monument
Birmingham16th St Baptist ChurchLocated in the Civil Rights District
Alabama Jazz Hall of FameHonors Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, etc
Arlington Antebellum Home and GardensOnly pre-Civil War mansion left in Birmingham
Barber Motorsports Museum600 vintage motorcycles and race cars
Barber Motorsports Park
Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteLocated in the Civil Rights District
Birmingham Civil Rights National Memorial
Carver TheatreOne of few theaters in the state that allowed Black patrons before the end of segregation
Heaviest Corner on EarthIntersection with foour classic skyscrapers
Honda Indy Grand Prix of AlabamaLocated at Barber Motorsports Park
Greater Birmingham CVBWelcome Center
Kelly Ingram ParkLocated in the Civil Rights District
McWane Science CenterInteractive exhibits, aquarium, IMAX theatre
Red Mountain
Sloss Furnaces National Historic LandmarkProduced pig iron for nearly a century; now hosts exhibits and special events
Southern Museum of Flight and Alabama Aviation Hall of FameRed Baron, Amelia Earhart, etc
VulcanSecond-largest cast-iron statue in the USA; on top of Red Mountain
BridgeportRussell Cave National Monument
CamdenGaines Ridge Dinner ClubFood; black bottom pie
DavistonHorseshoe Bend National Military Park
FloralaFlorala City Park
Lake Jackson
Wiregrass Birding TrailBald eagles
FlorenceRosenbaum HouseFrank Lloyd Wright; one of his top 4 masterpieces
Fort PayneLittle River Canyon National Preserve
Lookout MountainSee into Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee
GeorgianaHank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum
Gulf ShoresAlabama Gulf Coast ZooZoo
Gulf State ParkBeach, trails, wildlife, lake
LuLu’s at HomeportFood; gulf shrimp
National Shrimp FestivalFestival; October
Waterville USAWater park
HuntsvilleEarlyWorks Children’s Museum
Huntsville Botanical Garden
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
US Space & Rocket CenterOne of the world’s largest collections of rockets and space-related items
Weeden House Museum and GardenHome of poet/artist Maria Howard Weeden
IrondaleIrondale CafeFood; fried green tomatoes; open since 1928
MobileChurch Street Historic District
Fort Conde
Fort Conde Welcome CenterWelcome Center
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
Mardi GrasEvent; February-March
Mobile Carnival MuseumCelebrates local Mardi Gras
Oakleigh Plantation
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
MontgomeryAlabama Department of Archives and HistoryFirst state-funded archives in the nation
Carolyn Blount TheatreYear-round Shakespeare festival
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist ChurchWhere MLK Jr helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dexter Parsonage MuseumDr King’s home from 1954 – 1960
First White House of the ConfederacyJefferson Davis’s official residence after his 1861 inauguration
Freedom Rides MuseumLocated in an old Greyhound Bus Station
Greek Revival Alabama State CapitolBirthplace of the Confederate States of America; finale point of Selma to Montgomery March; art deco murals
Hank Williams Museum
Montgomery Civil Rights MemorialCommemorates those who died in the struggle for Civil Rights
Montgomery Museum of Fine ArtsLocated in Wynton M Blount Cultural Park
Montgomery Visitor Information CenterWelcome Center
Museum of AlabamaPart of the Alabama Department of Archives and History complex
Old Alabama TownAssemblage of old homes and buildings; originally founded in 1785 as a trading post by a Sephardic Jew
Rosa Parks Library and Museum
Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald MuseumFitzgerald home from the 1930s in the Cloverdale district
Wynton M Blount Cultural Park
MoundvilleMoundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Native American FestivalFestival; celebrates Southeastern Indian history/culture; October
TuscaloosaAlabama Museum of Natural HistoryLocated at the University of Alabama
Black Warrior River
Bryant-Denny StadiumCrimson Tide; located at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
TuskegeeBooker T. Washington’s Grave
Booker T. Washington Monument
George Washington Carver’s Grave
George Washington Carver Museum
Moton FieldFirst African-American pilots trained during World War II
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SiteHonors World War II pilots
Tuskegee Institute National Historic SiteFounded by Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute University ChapelSinging windows
VanceMercedes-Benz US International Visitor Center90min factory tours, small collection of vintage vehicles
WinfieldMule DayHoliday; September

Lineup:

BETH SILVA
CHRISTINE RUSSELL

HOLLIE BLANKENSHIP
MONICA HUMPHREY
NETTIE PECK
BRIANNA WILLIS
ELISE PRATT
VERONICA ENGLAND
MASON DECKER