59 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Alabama - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
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Scottsboro, Alabama

Unclaimed Baggage Center

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Millbrook, Alabama

Spectre Set Ruins

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film "Big Fish" still stand around a rundown main street.

Fackler, Alabama

Neversink Pit

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Natural Bridge, Alabama

Alabama's Natural Bridge

148-foot-long natural rock bridge!

The Drive-Thru Museum

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The Museum Of Wonder

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Florence, Alabama

Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Phil Campbell, Alabama

Dismals Canyon

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Alabama

Southern Butter Rolls

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

Jezebel Sauce

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

Chocolate Gravy

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

White BBQ Sauce

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.

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