Located on a high bluff that overlooks the Alabama River, 50 miles west of Montgomery, historic Selma is the county seat of Dallas County. From the Civil War to the modern civil rights era, Selma has played an important role in American history. Selma is probably best known as the…

Located in the heart of central Alabama, the city of Montgomery holds a strategic place in state, national, and international history. A frontier settlement, it became a center of the cotton kingdom, Alabama's seat of government, and the original Confederate capital. Later, the 1886-87 Lightning Route electric trolley system and…

Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre public garden located in Hoover, Jefferson County. Best known for its multitude of hydrangea varieties, the facility was founded by property owners Eddie and Kay Aldridge with the intent of preserving the natural beauty of their estate for the public. In 1966, Eddie Aldridge first…

Historic Blakeley State Park covers 3,800 acres along the Tensaw River in Baldwin County near the town of Spanish Fort. It is the largest site on the National Register of Historic Places east of the Mississippi River and preserves acreage that was important in Alabama's Native American and Civil War…