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My neighbor, Stephen Wagner just got back from a trip to Alabama. He has been working on photographing as many national historic sites in the state as he can. Stephen still has to process most of his digital images, but he shared a few with me from Columbiana City Hall in Columbiana, Dr. C. A. Thigpen House  1412 S. Perry St. in Montgomery and Hanover Court Apartments in Birmingham. I was especially interested in the pictures that he had from Greene-Marston House 2000 Dauphin St. in Mobile.

I asked him for some suggestions for places to visit that he could recommend for my readers. Here are four places that he highly recommends:

1) Anniston Museum of Natural History

The Anniston Museum of Natural History is a great place to start. They display everything from the very old mummies of Egypt to the antiques of North America. It would take you several days to see everything there.

2) Alabama Adventure Formerly known as Vision land theme park, this is a perfect place to take the kids to have fun. There are many fun rides to go on. All the usual fast food spots and gift shops are also available.

Just say Rampage, one of the nation’s fastest and largest wooden roller coasters, “Zoomerang,” a steel “boomerang” coaster, or “Space Shot,” a 185-foot launching tower and your kids will probably already know where you are headed. The park is now divided into two parks: a water park called “Splash Beach” and a park called “Magic City USA” that does not require towels. This one includes a children’s area called “Marvel City.”

3) DeSoto Caverns Park

DeSoto Caverns Park offers 12 outside attractions with guided tour with sound, Cave Crawl Box, Wall Climb, Wacky Water Golf, and Mazes. You can have a blast here. It definitely is not just for kids.

4) Center for Cultural Arts

This place is awesome. The food is great. The Center for Cultural Arts is home to 3 changing exhibition halls featuring regional and national exhibits plus a 72-foot model of Gadsden with working railroads, Restaurants, special year-round performances and the Imagination Place Children’s Museum.

Sounds like some good suggestions. I just might bump into you there. Stephen also wanted me to mention that if you want some good pictures, you might also want to stop by Twickenham Historic District  Roughly bounded by Clinton Ave., California St., Newman Ave. and S. Green St., and Franklin St. in Huntsville.