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Alabama is known for peanuts, southern hospitality, the beautiful gulf coast beaches, and college football, especially the intra-state rivalry between University of Alabama and Auburn University.
Popular Tourist Attractions
Popular Tourist Attractions
- Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Zoo in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
- Alabama Splash Adventure: Amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama.
- Barber Motorsports Park: Multi-purpose racing facility in Leeds, Alabama.
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: Museum in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Birmingham Museum of Art: Art museum in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Birmingham Zoo: Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Cheaha State Park: State park in eastern Alabama.
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab: Marine education and research center in Dauphin Island, Alabama.
- Fort Morgan: A historic fort in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
- Huntsville Botanical Garden: Botanical garden in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Gulf State Park: Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
- McWane Science Center: Hands-on museum in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Monte Sano State Park: State park near Huntsville, Alabama.
- Sloss Furnaces: National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Talladega Superspeedway: Motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama.
- USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park: Historic battleship in Mobile, Alabama.
- Waterville USA: Amusement park in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Popular Iconic Alabama Foods That Require Clean Water
Alabama is famous for the following foods:
Boiled Peanuts
Pecan Pie
Banana Pudding
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Catfish
Grits
Shrimp
Fried Chicken
Peach Cobbler
Fun Facts
- Birmingham is home to Vulcan, the world’s largest cast iron statue. It is made of 100,000 pounds of iron and is 56 feet tall.
- Alabama is the only state with a State Quilt: Pine Burr Quilt.
- The Unclaimed Baggage Center is located in Scottsboro. The inventory of this store are the lost luggages from airlines.
- The Saturn boosters, which were the rockets to put humans on the moon, were built in NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Huntsville is known as “The Rocket City.” Some call it the “Rocket Capital of the World.”
- On February 16, 1968, the first 911 call in the United States was made in Haleyville, Alabama.
- In Magnolia Springs, Alabama, mail is delivered by boat. This is the only city in the United States with all-water mail routes.
- Alabama is the only state to have an alcoholic beverage as its official drink.
- In 1703, Mobile became the first city in the American Continent to celebrate Mardi Gras, 15 years before New Orleans did so.
- In 1886, the world’s first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery.
- In 1836 Alabama became the first state in the United States to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
This page was last updated on July 31, 2022.
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