Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Alabama

While in Alabama, you might enjoy a visit to:

30+ faces and animals carved into dead cedar trees around Orr Park. A 1993 storm killed a bunch of the old trees and inspired artist Tim Tingle.
~35 miles from Cottondale.

The geographical center of Alabama is in a cemetery. The concrete marker and its state map outline show signs of visitor updates, including the apparent new metropolises of "Randy" and "Burford."
~37 miles from Cottondale.

56-foot-tall statue of Vulcan, the pagan, bare-butted Roman smithy god, watches Birmingham from his tower on the summit of Red Mountain.
~43 miles from Cottondale.

120-foot-tall peach-shaped water tower.
~52 miles from Cottondale.

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