Birmingham, Alabama Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Birmingham and the surrounding area. Vulcan the Iron Man towers over the city with his notorious butt, while across town the Sloss Furnaces attract those who like exploring industrial ruins without the danger. Also in Birmingham: the world's largest motorcycle museum.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Vulcan the Iron Man
Birmingham, Alabama
Ascend a tower to the 56-foot-tall statue of Vulcan, the pagan, bare-butted Roman smithy god.
African Village in America
Birmingham, Alabama
Since 1989, Joe Minter has been packing his yard with homemade sculptures, shrines, and signs as a tribute to African-Americans, on orders from God.
The Sloss Furnaces
Birmingham, Alabama
For those who love exploring industrial ruins. Wander around an immense, rusting, turn-of-the-20th-century blast furnace.
Hitler's Typewriter, MLK's Jail Door
Bessemer, Alabama
In the town museum, an infernal machine from Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" hideout, and the jail cell door from Martin Luther King Jr's local imprisonment.
World's Largest Motorcycle Museum
Birmingham, Alabama
George Barber's collection of nearly 1,400 motorcycles (and a few dozen cars as well), displayed in a cross between the Guggenheim and a parking garage.
In and Around Birmingham
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Alabama attractions.
- Birmingham: Vulcan the Iron Man
- Birmingham: The Sloss Furnaces
- Birmingham: World's Largest Motorcycle Museum
- Birmingham: African Village in America
- Birmingham: Birthplace of Veterans Day [tips]
- Birmingham: Heaviest Corner on Earth [tips]
- Birmingham: Miss Electra, Power Goddess
- Birmingham: Bronze Statue of Eddie Kendricks
- Birmingham: Racist Dogs Sculpture
- Birmingham: Full Moon Mural [tips]
- Birmingham: Penny the Dog [tips]
- Birmingham: Ram-Headed Southern Storyteller
- Birmingham: Blaze the Dragon [tips]
- Vestavia Hills: Temple of Sibyl
- Birmingham: Statue of Liberty Replica
- Bessemer: One-Millionth Pullman-Standard Freight Car
- Bessemer: Hitler's Typewriter, MLK's Jail Door
- Trussville: Classic Cars and Garage Museum [tips]
- Montevallo: American Village and History in Miniature [tips]
- Calera: Rock Igloo Prayer House [tips]
- Montevallo: Center of Alabama [tips]
