USA: Alabama, Tuscaloosa – Mercedes Benz Visitor Center
We decided to take a small detour on our journey from Birmingham to Montgomery, Alabama to visit the Mercedes Benz visitor centre in Tuscaloosa.
USA: Alabama – Five Great Things to do in Montgomery
We had planned to spend the day wandering around Montgomery, the State capital of Alabama. One of the things we were most interested in was the role Montgomery played in the 1950s and 60s in the Civil Rights movement.
USA: Alabama, Birmingham – Vulcan Park
On our journey through Alabama we called into Birmingham. One thing that had captured our imagination was the Vulcan Park, which is based around a large cast iron statue of the Roman God Vulcan (god of fire and forge). At 56 feet this is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and was built for the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis to demonstrate Birmingham’s iron industry.
USA: Alabama – Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center at Huntsville, Alabama is somewhere I had long wanted to visit. The area was once primarily famed as the watercress capital of the world but today it ranks as the 2nd largest technology center in the United States.