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|  W. C. Rice Cross Garden - Prattville, AL
in Weird Story Locations W.C. Rice began creating his "Cross Garden" in the 1970s. There are several admonitions that "Hell is hot, hot, hot" among other signs. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 4/16/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Montgomery Shoe Factory - Montgomery, Alabama
in Elevated Everyday Objects When NewSouth, Inc., a book publisher and its bookstore, moved into the old Montgomery Shoe Factory building, they kept the "Old Shoes Made New" neon sign on top. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 2/20/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Alabama Capitol Building - Montgomery, Alabama
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The main part Alabama Capitol Building was completed in 1851. It is located on Goat Hill in Montgomery, Alabama. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 1/9/2012 last visited: 8/31/2013 |
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|  Alabama Governor's Mansion - Montgomery, AL
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The Alabama Governor's Mansion can be easily seen in satellite images, down to the Alabama-shaped swimming pool in the yard. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 7/16/2013 last visited: 8/22/2013 |
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|  Graves of Hank and Audrey Williams
in Satellite Imagery Oddities Graves of Hank and Audrey Williams in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery Alabama. posted by: OHail location: Alabama date approved: 1/20/2012 last visited: 12/31/2013 |
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|  Gigantic Brick - Montgomery, AL
in Ginormous Everyday Objects Until 2007 held the Guinness record for the world's largest brick and is located at 10200 Highway 80 East in Montgomery. posted by: hoteltwo location: Alabama date approved: 10/31/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Clanton Giant Peach
in Ginormous Everyday Objects Clanton is known for its giant peach-shaped water tower (a similar water tower can be found in Gaffney, South Carolina). posted by: JacobBarlow location: Alabama date approved: 1/22/2008 last visited: 10/20/2011 |
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|  Pegue's Ghost - Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, Alabama
in Ghosts and Hauntings Even though the State of Alabama's first capital became a ghost town, the story of its first ghost lives on. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 4/24/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Giant Milk Carton - Weogufka, Alabama
in Ginormous Everyday Objects Got milk? posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 8/3/2008 last visited: never |
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|  King House - Montevallo, AL
in Ghosts and Hauntings Red brick two-story house built in 1823 by Edmond King. The house is now a part of the University of Montevallo campus. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 2/12/2013 last visited: 7/2/2013 |
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|  OLDEST -- Cemetery in Union Springs, AL
in Superlatives The Old City Cemetery, also known as the Confederate Cemetery, is the oldst cemetery in Union Springs, AL. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 12/9/2012 last visited: 6/24/2013 |
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|  Gravity Hill Road - Sylacauga, Alabama
in Vortexes, Mystery Spots, and Gravity Hills Located west of Alabama's US 280 is a spot where generations of teenagers have witnessed their cars roll "uphill" when left in neutral.
posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 2/20/2009 last visited: 2/3/2011 |
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|  "Trojans" - Troy University - Troy, AL
in Readable From Above Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium has the name of the football team, Trojans, in the end zones. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 4/20/2013 last visited: never |
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|  LARGEST - Cemetery in Bibb County, AL - West Blocton, AL
in Superlatives Mount Carmel Cemetery contains the graves of Civil War veterans and veterans of all American wars since. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 3/23/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge - Opelika, AL
in Satellite Imagery Oddities The historic Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge has been restored in its new home in Municipal Park in Opelika, Alabama. It lasted from 1900 to 2005 in its original location and has been in Opelika since 2007. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 8/11/2013 last visited: never |
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|  The Legend of John Henry - Leeds, Alabama
in Weird Story Locations According to local tradition and the research of a folklore researcher, the race between legendary steel driver John Henry and a steam hammer is said to have taken place at Oak Tunnel outside of Leeds, AL on September 20, 1887. posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 11/11/2007 last visited: 2/18/2010 |
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|  LARGEST - Cast Iron Statue In The World
in Superlatives The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama. posted by: Thorny1 location: Alabama date approved: 7/11/2008 last visited: 7/7/2013 |
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|  Vulcan - Birmingham, AL
in Epic Beings and Creatures The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama. posted by: Thorny1 location: Alabama date approved: 7/11/2008 last visited: 7/7/2013 |
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|  UAB Dragon - Birmingham, Alabama
in Epic Beings and Creatures Blaze the Dragon is a 16-foot-long, smoke-breathing concrete statue of the University of Alabama-Birmingham's mascot. posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 9/4/2008 last visited: 6/11/2011 |
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|  Interstate Lead Company - Leeds, Alabama
in Super Fund Sites The Interstate Lead Company was a secondary lead smelting and battery recycling facility in Leeds, Jefferson County, Alabama.
posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 12/5/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Sloss Furnace - Birmingham, Alabama
in Ghosts and Hauntings Numerous spectral sightings of a former ironworker who perished many years ago in this historic blast furnace have established Sloss Furnace as a major supernatural crossroads. posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 9/4/2008 last visited: 8/29/2013 |
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|  Stan the Muffler Man - Birmingham, AL
in Highway Giants - Muffler Men Stan the Muffler Man is located just off the Tallapoosa Street exit of I-59 in Birmingham, Alabama. posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 6/16/2007 last visited: never |
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|  The Little Girl of East Lake
in Ghosts and Hauntings The ghost of little May Hawes has been playing, swimming, and chasing geese in Birmingham’s East Lake Park since her murderous death in those Deep South spring waters since the winter of 1888. posted by: kelwon3rd location: Alabama date approved: 10/3/2012 last visited: 12/19/2013 |
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|  Giant Chuckwagon Driver - Moody, Alabama
in Giants of Commerce This former restaurant chuckwagon driver is now serving the construction industry by guarding a mailbox along a rural road in Moody, AL. posted by: Scooter Bill location: Alabama date approved: 8/2/2008 last visited: 11/23/2013 |
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|  Dolphins
in Themed Homemade Mailboxes Dolphins in Alabama posted by: rakethetable location: Alabama date approved: 12/16/2007 last visited: never |
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