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Nestled in the valley of the Appalachian foothills 57 mi/92 km east of Birmingham, Anniston was founded as a planned community in 1833. Today, it is a thriving city, with a lot to offer any traveler coming through the area. Explore the historic downt...
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Don't be surprised if you hear the battle cry of "War Eagle" as you enter Auburn, located 60 mi/70 km east of Montgomery. Home to Auburn University and the Auburn Tigers, this town boasts plenty of activities, even when football season is over. Aubur...
Categories: Auburn AL
The town of Gulf Shores anchors the section of Alabama's Gulf Coast that lies east of Mobile Bay. This beautiful strip of snow-white beach rivals Florida's Emerald Coast, and there are several places along the shore that can be enjoyed. Gulf State Pa...
Categories: Bay Area and the Eastern Shore AL
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama and was founded in 1871 during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Birmingham was at the center of the civil rights movement in the United Sates in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been used as a mode...
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Decatur's historical signifance lies in its location along the Tennessee River. Once a river crossing,1836 marked the year Decatur became the eastern end-point for the first rail line west of the Appalachian Mountains. Decatur played an important rol...
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Deeply enriched with history, blues, culture, and natural beauty, Florence is filled with character alongside the Tennesse River. Here, where you can walk along part of the Trail of Tears, is where you will find the Rosenbaum House--the Alabama struc...
Categories: Florence AL
Fort Payne is named after the fort where Cherokees were held prior to their forced march along the Trail of Tears. If you can, time your visit to coincide with an evening performance at the Fort Payne Opera House, the oldest theater in Alabama still ...
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This small town, 60 mi/95 km southwest of Montgomery, is where singer Hank Williams Sr. spent his early years. The town hosts the Hank Williams Festival on the first weekend in June near the Hank Williams Sr. Boyhood Home and Museum. Largely a music ...
Categories: Georgiana AL
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The nation's space exploration and research program had its start in Huntsville, when Dr. Wernher von Braun and a team of German scientists began working at the Redstone Arsenal at the close of World War II. Today, visitors can learn about their work...
Categories: Huntsville AL
Mentone has Alabama's only ski resort, Cloudmont Ski and Golf Resort (phone 256-634-4344; http://www.cloudmont.com). Snow-making machines provide the snow December-March. You will also find golf and a dude ranch on the 1,000-acre/405-hectare resort. ...
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Mobile, Alabama is a port city on the Mexican Gulf coast of the United States. Colonised by the Spaniards in 1519, the French established a fort here in 1702. It was a major Confederate port during the American Civil War and the site of a naval battl...
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The Civil Rights movement began in Alabama's capital, Montgomery, where a yearlong bus boycott ended in a Supreme Court decision to integrate public transportation in 1956. Today, you can watch a re-enactment of that historical event at the Rosa Park...
Categories: Montgomery AL
A lot of regional culture flows through this area, which was once known for a treacherous series of rapids on the Tennessee River. (The rapids have since been tamed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority—the area's Wilson D...
Categories: Muscle Shoals Area AL
Even the most casual golfers will want to try at least one of the state's 23 courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. On the 378-hole trail (considered the biggest golf construction project in the history of the game), golfers can stroke their way ...
Categories: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail AL
The 35-mi/55-km route from Montgomery to Selma has been designated a National Historic Trail. The town's name became internationally recognized in 1965 when, on "Bloody Sunday," state troopers clashed with civil-rights activists participating in the ...
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This charming college town, 50 mi/80 km southwest of Birmingham, has been the home of the University of Alabama since 1831, and many stately houses from that era still stand. It was also the state capital for 20 years, starting in 1826. Today, a park...
Categories: Tuscaloosa AL
Tuskegee, Alabama, is a relatively small town 30 mi/50 km east of Montgomery. It is where Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881, the nation's first college established and operated by African Americans. The courageous and highly dec...
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