Friday, January 22, 2010

Alabama

ALABAMA

Alexander City
Robinson Iron (tour of cast-iron works, atrium)
Horsebend National Military Park?
Russell Corp (tour of clothing manufacturer)

Aliceville
Museum and Cultural Arts Center (German POW camp exhibit)


Andalusia
Domino Championship

Birmingham
Rue de Provence (elegant bakery)
Tuxedo Junction

Daphne
Manci's Antique Club (eclectic collection; steak, shellfish, spider sandwich, burgers, seafood po'boys, jazzy burger, Bloody Marys)3

Dora
Mining Museum

Cullman
Ave Maria Grotto (one monk’s miniature replicas of historic sites, at Saint Bernard Abbey)

Enterprise
World’s Smallest St Patrick’s Day Parade
Boll Weevil Monument

Fairfield
Don Kresge Memorial Museum (collection of pre-transistor radios and their history)

Fairhope
American Bicentennial Museum (celebrating 1976 in red, white and blue)


Fayette
Jimmy Lee Suddeth (painter using natural pigment, mediums; Americana) ?

Florence
Wilson Dam (largest TVA example)

Fort McClellan
US Army Chemical Corp Museum (poison gas plus)
Women’s Army Corps Museum (govt-issued undergarments)

Georgiana
Hank Williams, Sr Museum

Hartselle
Tomb of Mystery Museum (magic paraphernalia)

Huntsville
US Space Camp
US Space and Rocket Center (NASA tour)
Cinram/ Disc Manufacturing (watch CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs made)
Marshall’s Parker House (rolls)
Wintzell’s Oyster House
Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum (largest in Southeast, extensive)

Mobile
Battle House (where Stephen Douglas stayed on night of 1860 election)
Oakleigh (Greek Revival mansion)
Bellingrath Gardens and Home (68 acres including azaleas and Boehm porcelain)
Wintzell's Oyster House Restaurant (sayings on wall; oysters, fried dill pickles, fried green tomatoes)
The Brick Pit (slow smoked barbecue)3

Monroeville
Harper Lee Museum (author To Kill a Mockingbird)

Montgomery
First Capital of the Confederacy
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
George and Lurleen Wallace Center (Southern politics)

Salem
Lunchbox Museum (and more)

Selma
Nat Voting Rights Museum
Raisin Festival (May)

Tuscaloosa
Greenwood Cemetery (unique headstone)
Paul Bryant Museum (coach Bear, on University of Alabama campus)
Ma’cille’s Museum (eclectic)

Tuscumbia
Ivy Green (birthplace of Helen Keller)

Tuskegee
Carver Museum

Vance
Mercedez-Benz (plant tour and gift shop; only one outside of Europe)
Tannehill State Park
Paul (Bear) Bryant Museum

Smryna
? (eggplant parmigiana)

Daviston?
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park


?
Alligator Alley (those who have been caught)
The Wash House Restaurant (alligator ribs, springrolls and "wings"--legs)
Whistle Stop Cafe (fried green tomatoes)
Irondale Cafe

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