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Russell Cave National Monument

by Basaic

Russell Cave is located in what is now the Northeast corner of Alabama. Archeological findings have shown that the cave has been used as a campsite and a home since around 7000 BC. Here you can see the Visitors Center which also houses several interesting displays about the geology of the cave and the people that have visited the cave and/or called it home; take the boardwalk trail to the cave and see more displays inside the cave; hike the .6 mile nature trail; and aanother 1.2 mile hiking trail. There is also a picnic area.

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What to do in Monroeville

by Basaic

Monroeville, the county seat of Monroe County has a population of over 7000 people. It is located in Southeastern Alabama near US Highway 84. The town started in 1822 with one store. The Monroe County Court House was built between 1903 and 1904 and was designed by famous Southern Architect Andrew Bryan, using the Romanesque style of architecture with a Georgian influence. The old courthouse is now a museum. Monroeville has a nice historic district with several buildings of historic and architectural interest, many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, was born and raised in Monroeville. The fictional town of Maycomb is modeled on Monroeville. The novel received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Truman Capote, a childhood neighbor and friend of Harper Lee, grew up in Monroeville. Novelist Mark Childress was...

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What to do in Mobile

by Basaic

Mobile is a large city located in Southern Alabama along Mobile Bay. Mobile has many interesting things to do with beaches, museums (like the Mardi Gras Museum, the Exploreum, and a nice little fire museum), art and music venues, historical sites (like Fort Conde, the Conde Charlotte House, and Oakleigh Pantation) and friendly people. There are also lots of nice resorts, hotels and lots of good food. There are other nice attractions nearby like Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, and Bellingrath Gardens.For more information and photos see my Mobile Page.

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What to do in Grove Hill

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Grove Hill is the county seat of Clarke County and is in Southwest Alabama. The area was occupied by Creek and Choctaw Indians for years before the town was established. Population is around 1500. Grove Hill seemed like a pleasant little place. The Clarke County Court House was built in 1911. Grove Hill is also home to the Clarke County Museum. The museum is housed in the Alston-Cobb House, which was built in 1854 by Dr. Lemuel Lovett Alston as a Greek Revival I-house, a vernacular style also known in the South as Plantation Plain. There are several historic structures that have been moved to the site and restored. They also have a nice Veterans Memorial.

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What to do in Evergreen

by Basaic

Evergreen is the county seat of Conecuh County and is located in the Southern part of the state. Population is about 4000. They have a fairly pretty courthouse. Evergreen has a small historic district with a few buildings of historic and/or architectural interest. One of the most interesting is the old railroad depot.

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What to do in Elba

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Elba is located in Southeast Alabama along US Highway 84. Elba is the county seat for Coffee County and has a nice small historic district dominated by the 1903 courthouse. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Noccalula Falls

by Stephen-KarenConn

Noccalula Falls, which drops a spectacular 90 feet over a Lookout Mountain ledge, is the centerpiece of a Gadsden city park which offers much of interest for the entire family. A day could easily be spent here to enjoy it all. Ammenities at the park include:Picnic GroundsJack's RestaurantSouvenir ShopPlaygroundDeer ParkPetting ZooPioneer HomesteadBotanical GardensNature TrailsCarpet GolfTrain Rides and more.According to legend, the falls is named for Cherokee Princess Noccalula, who threw herself from a rock ledge into the falls and died, rather than marry a wealthy neighboring chief, as arranged by her father. Her heart had already been given to a young brave in her own tribe, but he had been banishedI have been to Noccalula Falls in late summer when a relatively small amount of water was flowing over the ledge. This picture was taken in December, after a day of rain. The falls are...

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Burritt on the Mountain

by JourneyOf1

Burritt-on-the-Mountain is a "living museum" on top of Monte Sano Mountain above Huntsville, Alabama. Featuring the mansion Dr. William Henry Burritt, it also has a historic park which shows visitors how southern farmers lived in the past making the most of their environments benefits. There are also many nature trails on the grounds, and a spectacular view out over the city day or night. The barnyard area is especially enjoyable for children with its many animals and gardens to get to know. In autumn they have fun pumpkin patches andd haystack mazes. Also interesting are the various houses and cabins decorated and maintained in late 1700s and 1800s styles. Period furnishings, handmade items like quilts, bedspread and clothing, antique necessities and furniture. Also found on the property are authentic blacksmith shops, smokehouses and furnaces to show how early settlers prepared for the...

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Mountaintop Native American Festival

by JourneyOf1

The Annual Native American Heritage Festival is usually held in October of every year, at Burritt on the Mountain. Although it's official date is on a Saturday, everyone sets up on the Thursday before so that children from local schools can visit on a field trip. There are refreshments for purchase, grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and the like, and a children's corner so they can make bead jewelry or items, but the real draw are the on-going demostrations that take place.Silverworking & Indian jewelry, beadworking, blowguns, wood & stone carving, poetrry and pit firing, atlatls & flint knapping, children toys, culture and genealogy sessions, and our favorite: the storytelling. Amazing ability to hold a crowds of hundreds completely enthralled! Scheduled programs that are crowd interactive is the dancing, the Stomp dance, the Guinea Dance, the Broom Dance, as well as Native American players...

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The Trail of Tears Commemorative Ride

by JourneyOf1

Its an annual event marking the path Native Americans were forced by the government to take away from their ancestral homes so that new settlers could have the land. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 required all Indians from the southeast to move to Oklahoma. 1838 was the deadline to have them all moved. Soldiers came into houses and lodges driving men, women and children out with only the clothes on their backs and little else. They were put into "concentration" camps in horrible conditions. Thousands died, their bodies littering the trail, tears falling for those lost, no honor was allowed to be given to the dead except in the heart. It was a terrible time.For years, many Native Americans had lived and intermarried with others people of the areas, not only Caucasian settlers but also Africans brought over as slaves who were greatly oppressed just like the Indians. When this call came,...

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Things to Do: Cities in Alabama
  1. Gulf Shores Things to Do
  2. Mobile Things to Do
  3. Montgomery Things to Do
  4. Birmingham Things to Do
  5. Orange Beach Things to Do
  6. Dauphin Island Things to Do
  7. Tuscaloosa Things to Do
  8. Huntsville Things to Do
  9. Auburn Things to Do
  10. Fort Morgan Things to Do
  11. Dothan Things to Do
  12. Tuskegee Things to Do
  13. Talladega Things to Do
  14. Selma Things to Do
  15. Anniston Things to Do
  16. Eufaula Things to Do
  17. Perdido Key Things to Do
  18. Cheaha State Park Things to Do
  19. Fort Payne Things to Do
  20. Cullman Things to Do
  21. Tannehill State Park Things to Do
  22. Monroeville Things to Do
  23. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Things to Do
  24. Gadsden Things to Do
  25. Spanish Fort Things to Do
  26. Russell Cave National Monument Things to Do
  27. Decatur Things to Do
  28. Athens Things to Do
  29. Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Things to Do
  30. Fairhope Things to Do
  31. Bay Minette Things to Do
  32. Mountain Brook Things to Do
  33. China Things to Do
  34. Marion Things to Do
  35. Moundville Things to Do
  36. Scottsboro Things to Do
  37. Bessemer Things to Do
  38. Blakeley Things to Do
  39. Brewton Things to Do
  40. Homewood Things to Do
  41. McCalla Things to Do
  42. Chewacla State Park Things to Do
  43. Gulf State Park Things to Do
  44. Mentone Things to Do
  45. Oneonta Things to Do
  46. Theodore Things to Do
  47. Florence Things to Do
  48. Lowndesboro Things to Do
  49. Saint Stephens Things to Do
  50. Tuscumbia Things to Do
  51. Grand Bay Things to Do
  52. Enterprise Things to Do
  53. Town Creek Things to Do
  54. Elba Things to Do
  55. Evergreen Things to Do
  56. Fort Gaines Things to Do
  57. Geneva Things to Do
  58. Pelham Things to Do

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