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All the United States Alabama Montevallo

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Montevallo

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Montevallo, Alabama

Updated February 13, 2019

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Tinglewood Carvings

Montevallo, Alabama

Tinglewood Carvings

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Overcoming “separate but equal.”

Montevallo, Alabama

Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.
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Tannehill Ironworks

McCalla, Alabama

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.
15 miles from Montevallo
The Big Peach in Clanton, Alabama

Clanton, Alabama

Big Peach Water Tower

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.
20 miles from Montevallo
Digging out a mine from years of overgrowth, preparing for work on the park. (Red Mountain Park)

Birmingham, Alabama

Red Mountain Park

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.
23 miles from Montevallo
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