Caroline Thompson

Although Bangor Cave may spook you now, it was once very inviting during Prohibition times. Sporting a hidden bar and bandstand, this underground den used to entertain some of the South's finest back when drinking was illegal. At the time, the surrounding area of Blount Springs hosted a popular resort that was known to have mystical healing powers...

In 1838, over 17,000 Cherokee men, women, and children were removed from their homes and forced to walk 1,000 miles to Oklahoma. Every year, thousands of bikers commemorate the pain suffered by these people through the Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride...

George Barber, the millionaire who commissioned the Elberta dinosaurs, is also responsible for Lady in the Lake, a sculpture done by the great Mark Cline. In January 2012, Barber decided to give Cline a ring and suggest he construct a 50-foot woman with a face as beautiful as Sara Evans and Catherine Zeta-Jones combined...

In Clarke County just outside of Carlton, Alabama there stands a little white church with a nearby cemetery and quite a background story. The burial site contains strange headstones called "death masks" that were created by an inventor named Isaac Nettles, Sr...

If you've ever seen the movie Big Fish you may remember that the film's writer was Alabama native Daniel Wallace who decided to set the story in his home state. In a few scenes, the lead character visits a utopian town named Spectre which was actually built solely for filming purposes...

Lonnie Holley, nicknamed The Sand Man, is a nationally recognized folk artist from Birmingham, Alabama who gained his celebrity status from his tragic and humbling beginning. At the age of four, Holley was taken from his mother and sold to a bootlegger for a bottle of whiskey...

Gene Morris, a retired Air Force Colonel, was considered the greatest spear hunter ever to walk the Earth... according to himself. He was so proud of his talents that he opened up the Spear Hunting Museum in Summerdale, Alabama. Morris claims to have switched from guns to spears in 1968 out of sheer boredom...

The Red Mountain Park has put Birmingham on the map by making it one of the "greenest" cities in the U.S. based on public park space per resident. Although this project has been processing for quite sometime, the park would not have been possible if it weren't for the 1,200 acre donation made by U...

From barbecue chef to folk artist and even world traveler, Seale native Butch Anthony has done it all and plans on sharing his adventures with the world through his Museum of Wonder. You can find all sorts of cooky thingamajigs in this anything-but-ordinary exhibit, including the world's largest gallstone, a human skeleton, and a mummified cat...

While driving into Mobile through I-10, it's hard not to notice the massive military vessel floating in Mobile Bay. This ship is the USS Alabama which is now one of Alabama's most famous tourist attractions. After enduring nine battles in World War II, this battleship is now purely for entertainment...