Alabama Travel Guide
Gulf Shores on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Alabama's history is America's history at its most consequential. Montgomery's Dexter Avenue church and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma anchor the civil rights story; Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute tells it with unflinching clarity.
The lighter side: Gulf Shores' white-sand beaches, Huntsville's US Space and Rocket Center (home of Space Camp), and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's 468 holes.
Destinations in Alabama
Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteThe essential civil-rights museum, across from the 16th Street Baptist Church.
US Space and Rocket Center, HuntsvilleThe Saturn V, the moon crater sim, Space Camp.- Edmund Pettus Bridge, SelmaWalk the 1965 Bloody Sunday march route.
- Dexter Avenue, MontgomeryDr. King's church and the Rosa Parks Museum.
- USS Alabama, MobileThe WWII battleship memorial park.
Gulf Shores32 miles of white sand; the Hangout Fest each May.
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Top Cities & towns in Alabama
Regional food
- White BBQ sauce (the Alabama invention, mayo-based)
- Fried green tomatoes (the Southern classic)
- Royal red shrimp (the Gulf delicacy)
Getting there
Birmingham (BHM) and Huntsville (HSV) are the gateways; Mobile (MOB) covers the Gulf. Montgomery and Selma are an easy drive from Birmingham.