No town in Alabama exudes as much mystery as Old Cahawba. Known as “Alabama’s most famous ghost town,” the site illustrates the mystery of how a growing city, especially one that was the state’s capital, could vanish from existence. It’s a question people have studied for more than a century. The myriad ghost stories, historical […]

An urban legend says that deep in the woods of Colbert County, Alabama, there is a hidden cemetery reserved only for registered coon dogs. This is one urban legend that proves to be true, and it is the only cemetery of its kind in the entire world.  Established in 1937 when Key Underwood buried his […]

Covered bridges: They are picturesque, they harken to a long-ago, simpler time, and they are great places to visit. Alabama has 11 historic covered bridges remaining in the state, along with a few newer, decorative bridges. Only three of the oldest bridges allow cars to cross. Fortunately, all of those are short drives from Huntsville. […]

With the new production of  To Kill A Mockingbird, the stage version of what many consider the “Great American Novel” To Kill a Mockingbird, the book’s author Nelle Harper Lee and the book’s inspiration Monroeville, Ala., are once again in the national spotlight. A visit to Monroeville is a dream come true for most writers […]

Church Street Cemetery ( also known as Church Street Graveyard) was created by the City of Mobile in 1819. When it was first put into use, the site of the cemetery was more than a half mile from any  developed land, but today the cemetery is firmly in Mobile’s downtown. Burials in Church Street Cemetery ceased […]