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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Huntsville, Alabama

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Dead Children's Playground

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

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The Grave of Miss Baker

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

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K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

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MPTA-098

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

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Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

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