Alabama
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Trunkations
Monument to Lady-Whacking Meteorite
Sylacauga - History was made just outside of Sylacauga, Alabama, in late November 1954. An 8.5-pound meteorite crashed through the ceiling of Ann Hodges’ home, bounced off of a radio, and hit her on the thigh. Full story
Featured Attractions
Lightning Portrait Etched in Window
Carrollton, Alabama
Freaky hoo-ha etched into the garret window of an Alabama courthouse in 1878, still visible today if you squint.
Spear Hunting Museum
Summerdale, Alabama
More than you'll ever want to know about bringing down wildlife with a spear.
World's Largest Chair Battle
Anniston, Alabama
A gargantuan office chair reigned supreme for a time -- before a challenger from Italy kicked it over.
Ave Maria Grotto
Cullman, Alabama
Miniature world of religious buildings created by one single-minded monk.
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Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Anniston: Hitler's Tea Service
- Anniston: World's Largest Chair Contender
- Bessemer: Hitler's Typewriter
- Birmingham: Vulcan Iron Man
- Birmingham: Racist Hell Hounds sculpture
- Birmingham: Statue of Liberty Replica [tips]
- Brundidge: Car Bumper Chicken [tips]
- Carrollton: Lightning Portrait of Henry Wells
- Cherokee: Coon Dog Cemetery [tips]
- Childersburg: DeSoto Caverns
- Clanton: Big Peach statue
- Clanton: Big Peach Water Tower
- Clayton: Whiskey Bottle Tombstone [tips]
- Cullman: Ave Maria Grotto
- Decatur: Pest Control Exhibit
- Dothan: Peanut Capital of the World [tips]
- Dothan: Monument to the Hog
- Elkmont: Saturn 1B Rocket
- Enterprise: Boll Weevil Monument [tips]
- Huntsville: Grave of Miss Baker, Space Monkey
- Huntsville: US Space and Rocket Center
- Mentone: Church Built Around a Rock [tips]
- Mobile: Battleship USS Alabama [tips], Sub USS Drum [tips]
- Mobile: Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum [tips]
- Montgomery: The MOOseum [tips]
- Northport: Huge red dog, fire ant [tips]
- Northport: McD's - Reagan Ate Here
- Prattville: W. C. Rice's Cross Garden [tips]
- Rockford: Fred, Town Dog Monument [tips]
- Scottsboro: Unclaimed Baggage Center
- Seale: Museum of Wonder [tips]
- Summerdale: Spear Hunting Museum
- Sylacauga: Gravity Hill [tips]
