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Just some of the many rides and simulators at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center include the Space Walk, which is a motion-based simulator that makes participants feel as if they are on a mission to complete the International Space Station. The Space Station is another motion-based simulator that blasts participants 140 feet (43 meters) into the air with four Gs of force. The G-Force Accelerator lets participants experience three times the force of gravity while spinning on the accelerator. At the Mars Climbing Wall, participants can climb a mock-up of a cliff face on a Martian volcano, or on Olympus Mons.
The grounds of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center include Rocket Park, the world's largest collection of rocketry. Other exhibits include an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and an actual space shuttle where visitors can stand behind a "full stack"--the space shuttle, external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters. Leave a Comment Directions: The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is located at One Tranquility Base, west of downtown Huntsville.
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The bronze replica is one-fifth the size of New York City's more famous statue. It was created by sculptors Archer and Lee Lawrie. Casting was done in Sommerville Haute Marine, France in 1959, and was placed on top of the insurance company's home office in Birmingham shortly thereafter. In 1989, the Statue of Liberty was moved to its present location. Leave a Comment Directions: The Statue of Liberty is located at 516 Liberty Parkway, southeast of downtown Birmingham.
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Special habitats include the Alligator Swamp; the Savannah, which recreates the African veldt and includes giraffes, greater kudus, gazelles, and ostriches; the Children's Zoo; and an interactive aviary where visitors can feed and pet lorikeets and parrots. Leave a Comment Directions: The Birmingham Zoo is located at 2630 Cahaba Road, about two miles (three kilometers) south of downtown Birmingham.
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The city's early attorneys, bankers, and merchants built fashionable brick homes in the area, many of which were seized by the Union army durng the Civil War. This probably saved them from being destroyed during the war. Leave a Comment
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Weeden House is now a fine museum furnished with period antiques from the mid-1800s. Prints of Maria Howard Weeden's watercolors and books of her poetry are on sale in the gift shop. Leave a Comment Directions: The Weeden House is located at 300 Gates Avenue, in the Twickenham Historic District of Huntsville.
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There are walking trails that wind through the gardens and trees, and benches and swings are conveniently placed which offer a place to rest or just enjoy nature. Visitors can also visit the Garden Center, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Library, the Conservatory (which is the largest glass greenhouse in the Southeast), the Gatehouse Gift Shop, and the Café de France.
One of the most popular places on the garden grounds is the Japanese Garden (pictured here) which includes a Japanese tea house and Zen garden. Leave a Comment Directions: The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is located at 2612 Lane Park Road, about two miles (three kilometers) south of downtown Birmingham.
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 by traveldaveLeave a Comment Directions: The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is located at One Tranquility Base, west of downtown Hunstville.
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The Birmingham Museum of Art also hosts over 15 traveling exhibitions and more than 250 special events per year. Leave a Comment Directions: The Birmingham Museum of Art is located at 2000 8th Avenue North, in downtown Birmingham.
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Some of the more noteworthy displays include artifacts from the Red Baron, Charles Lindbergh, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the light bulb used by the Wright Brothers on their first night flights. Leave a Comment Directions: The Southern Museum of Flight is located at 4343 73rd Street North, just east of Birmingham International Airport.
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The museum's seven galleries house a 2,300-piece permanent collection, as well as a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, including traveling exhibits and the works of regionally and nationally known artists.
In addition to viewing the works of art on display, visitors can shop in the Museum Store and even take classes in the Museum Academy. Leave a Comment Directions: The Huntsville Museum of Art is located at 300 Church Street, in downtown Huntsville.
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