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Odd & Funny Alabama
Roadside
The Ave Maria Grotto,
known throughout the world as "Jerusalem in Miniature", is a
beautifully landscaped, four-acre park designed to provide a natural setting
for the 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous historic
buildings and shrines of the world. In senic Cullman, Alabama
Cross Carden in Prattville - see homemade folk art crosses on about
11 acres on both sides of County Road 86
Vulcan-The 56-foot Iron Man in Birmingham - when his torch burns
red it indicates that there has been a traffic fatality in Birmingham
within the last 24 hours. It normally burns green
Battleship Memorial Park
- Mobile -the big USS Alabama battleship along with a submarine, and other
big war machines
World's Smallest City Block is located at the intersection of North
Appletree, Museum, and Troy streets in Dothan. This land triangle features
a stop sign, a yield sign, a street sign, and a granite marker placed
by the Camellia Garden Club on May 1, 1964 stating that the block is the
World's Smallest City Block.
World's Largest Chair? - Anniston, AL - a 33-foot structure built
by a local office-supply company.
Rosa Parks Library and
Museum - 251 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, Alabama - The interpretive
museum occupies the first floor and 7,000 square feet of a three-story,
55,000 square foot building that also contains the TROY-Montgomery Campus
Library.
The Capitol - Montgomery, Alabama - Built in 1851
U.S. Space & Rocket
Center - One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Alabama -
Huntsville Depot Museum - 320 Church St, Huntsville, Alabama -
uilt circa 1860, the Historic Huntsville Depot is one of the nations oldest
remaining railroad structures. Climb aboard locomotives, see Alabama's
largest public model railroad, visit the Civil War exhibit and discover
graffiti written by soldiers.
Hank Williams Boyhood Home &
Museum - Hank Williams' Boyhood Home & Museum at 127 Rose
Street, Georgiana Alabama, you'll see the surroundings that influenced
country music's greatest legend. Local musicians, including a black street
singer known as "Teetot", taught Hank Williams how to play the
guitar.
Cook's Natural Science
Museum - 412 13th Street SE, Decatur, Alabama - extensive collections
of beautiful and exotic insects, mounted birds and animals, rocks and
minerals, sea shells and coral. Protected and endangered species are included
in the museum's vast collection and many animals are shown in their natural
habitats.
Mercedes-Benz US Factory Tour
- Mercedes Drive, I-59/20 Exit 89, Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Museum and public
plant tours will resume in early 2007
Shorter Mansion
- Eufaula, Alabama - built in 1884 the mansion is an excellent example
of Neoclassical architecture. It also serves as a museum of six Alabama
governors from Barbour County
International Motorsports
Hall of Fame - 3198 Speedway Boulevard, Talladega, Alabama - Spanning
three buildings and the enclosed courtyard, this collection of history
making vehicles
Alabama Theatre -
1817 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama - built in 1927 by Paramount
Studios primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of
the annual Miss Alabama pagent and the weekly Mickey Mouse Club.
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