Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Alabama

While in Alabama, you might enjoy a visit to:

The Unclaimed Baggage Center, where anything you've ever lost at the airport may end up at a bargain price.

Life-size elephant statue has previously been painted yellow (to sync with a now closed phone store), with giraffe markings, with zebra stripes, and like an American flag.

A squirrel monkey that, along with her monkey co-crew member Miss Able, was on the first U.S. space flight to return animals to earth alive.

Regular hunting wasn't hard enough. So Gene Morris hunts big animals with spears -- special, extra-deadly spears that he designed himself.

A World War II submarine up on dry land, right next to the parking lot.

Find out how many everyday products contain cow. "Devoted to the history and preservation of the beef cattle industry."

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

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