Hotels
Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel & Conference Center at Capitol Hill
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Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center
More than 70,000-square-foot state-of-the-art hotel, convention center and spa.
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Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center at Grand National
Just 10 minutes from Auburn University, we offer the finest, most luxurious accommodations in the area.
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St. James Hotel
Historic hotel in downtown Selma.
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Cedar Ridge Plantation
175-year-old home on 10 acres in Perry County.
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History
First White House of the Confederacy
The residence of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy.
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Alabama State Capitol
The site of Jefferson Davis’s inauguration as the President of the Confederacy.
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Alabama Department of Archives & History
Displays, exhibits, records and documents detailing Alabama’s rich history.
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The Governor’s Mansion
The historic home and gardens of the Governor and First Lady of Alabama.
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Old Alabama Town
Authentically restored 19th- and early 20th-century buildings in historic downtown Montgomery.
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Exhibits and tours detailing the world famous Tuskegee Airmen.
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Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
A tribute to some of the major achievements by African Americans in Alabama.
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Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Alabama’s first permanent capital and most famous ghost town.
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Old Live Oak Cemetery
Graves of Confederate soldiers and prominent Selma residents.
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Slavery & Civil War Museum
Historical exhibits chronicling slavery in America.
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Aliceville Museum
German P.O.W. museum and World War II exhibit.
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Moundville Archaeological Park
Archaeological site of one of the largest Native American cities in North America.
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Moundville Archaelogical Museum.
Fort Mitchell National Historic Landmark
A key military installation from the 19th century.
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Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center and Museum
An exhibit detailing the history of Daimler-Benz, including its manufacturing plant in Alabama.
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Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center and Museum.
The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area
Some of the most historically- and culturally-significant destinations in Alabama.
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Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area.
Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation
Historical site & bed and breakfast in Perry County.
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Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation.
Union Springs Historical District
Two-block area is part of 47 homes & businesses in Union Springs listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
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Union Springs Historical District.
Civil Rights
The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
The church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached and began his quest for civil rights.
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Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
The Rosa Parks Museum
Museum that depicts the events that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and early Civil Rights movement.
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Civil Rights Memorial Center
A detailed history of the Civil Rights movement.
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Selma-to-Montgomery Trail Interpretive Center
Museum dedicated to preserving the legacy of the struggle by African-Americans to gain the right to vote.
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Brown Chapel AME Church
The first AME church in Alabama and the starting point of the Selma-to-Montgomery march.
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Edmund Winston Pettus Bridge
Famous bridge crossed by Martin Luther King Jr. and others during their march to Montgomery.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Street Historic Walking Tour
Twenty memorials and sites highlighting the Voting Rights movement.
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National Voting Rights Museum & Institute
A pictorial history of the Voting Rights struggle.
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Safe House Black History Museum
A museum devoted to the Civil Rights movement in America.
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The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area
Home to many locations that were integral in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area.
Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center
The history museum of Tuskegee & Macon County.
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Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center.
Music
Hank Williams Museum
Memorabilia from the life of country music icon Hank Williams Sr.
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Hank Williams Sr. Boyhood Home & Museum
Memorabilia, artifacts, pictures and personal belongings of the country music legend.
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Arts
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
The former home and current museum of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.
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Alabama Shakespeare Festival
A professional theater producing a wide range of performances, including Shakespeare, children’s shows and musicals.
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Permanent collection of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculpture, Southern regional art and Old Master prints.
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Black Belt Treasures
Alabama folk art at its best.
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Gee’s Bend
The Quilts of Gee’s Bend are a world-famous cultural treasure.
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Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art
Hundreds of pieces make up one of the most significant assemblages of American art to be found anywhere.
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Westervelt-Warner Museum of American Art.
Jule Collins S
mith Museum of Fine Art
A 40,000-square-foot building and 15 acres of botanical gardens.
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Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
Red Door Theatre, Union Springs
Popular venue that celebrates southern heritage, culture and future.
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Red Door Theatre, Union Springs.
Black Belt Treasures
Alabama folk art at its best.
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Nature
Wehle Nature Center at Midway
Nature trails, special presentations and exhibits.
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The Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area
Explore the many woodlands, streams and waterways stretching throughout the Black Belt.
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Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area.
Zoos
Mann Wildlife Learning Museum
Hands-on displays of North American wildlife in realistic settings.
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Montgomery Zoo
Forty acres featuring exhibits for more than 600 animals.
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Sports
Montgomery Biscuits
The AA affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
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Paul W. Bryant Museum
Exhibits, memorabilia and artifacts chronicling the sports history of the Univer
sity of Alabama.
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Paul W. Bryant Museum.
Architecture
Octagon House
One of the few antebellum examples of octagon-style architecture remaining in the country.
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Gaineswood Antebellum House Museum
A National Historic Landmark and the most unique antebellum mansion in Alabama.
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Loachapoka Historic District
Fourteen private antebellum homes, two churches dating back to the 1840s, and a 100-year-old schoolhouse.
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Sturdivant Hall Museum
A 10-room neoclassical mansion with formal gardens.
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Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge
Built in 1861, West Alabama’s only remaining covered bridge.
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Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation
Classic 1800s plantation with blacksmith shop, grist mill and barns.
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