10 Great Places To Visit In Alabama

A labama, nicknamed "The           3. Bellingrath Gardens and Home    Heart of Dixie" is known        (Southwest of Mobile): A           for its heritage as a key       beautiful 65-acre garden estate    southern state. Today the state       that offers walking tours,         contains an exciting mixture of       cruises on the Fowl river, and is  old and new. From traditional         home to an award-winning rose      agricultural events to high-tech      garden.                            rocketry, there's something for                                          everyone.                             4. Birmingham Museum of Art (in                                          North Birmingham): Contains an     Some highlights to visit in           outstanding collection of over     Alabama include:                      21,000 works of art.                                                                                        1. Ave Maria Grotto (in Cullman):     5. DeSoto Caverns Park (Southeast  Also known as "Jerusalem in           of Birmingham): offers guided      Miniature", and constructed by        tours through the state's biggest  Brother Joseph Zoetti, a              cave which is 12 stories high and  Benedictine monk, the Ave Maria       larger than a football field.      Grotto is a 4 acre park               There are also a variety of        containing 125 miniature              family attractions in the park     reproductions of famous shrines       outside the caverns.               and historical buildings from                                            around the world.                     6. Early Works Museum Complex (in                                        Huntsville): An impressive         2. Battleship Memorial Park (in       complex of three history museums   Mobile): Home to the battleship       including a hands-on history       USS Alabama, the submarine USS        museum for children and a          Drum, as well as many tanks and       railroad museum.                   aircraft.                                                                                                      7. International Motorsports Hall  of Fame Museum (in Talladega):        (throughout Alabama): A must for   This museum, next door to the         golf-lovers. The Trail is a        Talladega Superspeedway records       result of the largest golf course  and celebrates the history of         construction project ever          motorsports. Exhibits include the     attempted. and contains over 400   Budweiser rocket car which was        holes spread across multiple       the first car to break the speed      sites around the state.            of sound.                                                                                                      10. US Space & Rocket Center (in   8. Noccalulua Falls Park (in          Huntsville): contains the United   Gadsden): A 250-acre public park      States' largest collection space   containing a legendary waterwall,     memorabilia and rockets including  as wall caves, Indian and civil       the Pathfinder shuttle simulator   war carvings, a pioneer               and a Saturn V moon rocket.        homesteed, a mini-golf course, a                                         petting zoo, and more.                This article is Copyright (C)                                            2007, Answers 2000 Limited.        9. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail       About the Author: You can find out about all these attractions in Alabama, and others in the state too, at: http://www.vacation2usa.com/p1_state_alabama_attractions.php For more information about travel and vacations in the US, please visit: http://www.vacation2usa.com/ Published At: www.Isnare.com