Alabama Essentials
Alabama’s landscape preserves the history of the American South, from the Mississippian culture at Moundville Archaeological Site to the state's role in the 20th-century space race at the Redstone Test Stand. In Montgomery and Birmingham, sites like the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Civil Rights Memorial Center document the struggle for equality. Coastal history is represented by the masonry fortifications of Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, while Mobile Bay hosts the WWII-era USS Alabama battleship and the 65-acre Bellingrath Gardens.
A Civil Rights Memorial Center
The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama created by Maya Lin.
B USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama.
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
A six-acre memorial in Montgomery dedicated to the victims of racial terror lynchings. It features 800 suspended corten steel monuments representing US counties where lynchings occurred, alongside sculptures depicting the history of slavery and segregation.
D Alabama State Capitol
The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol…
E Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines is a historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States. It was named for Edmund Pendleton Gaines.
F Rosa Parks Library and Museum
A well-presented museum about the Civil Rights movement - specifically, about the woman who is often called its mother.
G Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States.
H Bellingrath Gardens
Bellingrath Gardens and Home is the 65-acre public garden and historic home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, located on the Fowl River…
I Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of…
J 16th Street Baptist Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
K Moundville Archaeological Site
Moundville Archaeological Site, also known as the Moundville Archaeological Park, is a Mississippian culture archaeological site on the…
L Redstone Test Stand
The Redstone Test Stand or Interim Test Stand was used to develop and test fire the
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