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U.S. state
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Alabama is a state in the Southern United States. Alabama is known for its civil rights history and scenic beauty, and has a lot to offer those who enjoy the great outdoors, from Gulf Coast beaches to 40 National and state parks.
the far northern region in the foothills of the Appalachians (Huntsville, Decatur, Tuscumbia)
central, most urbanized region of the state (Birmingham, Tuscaloosa)
central-south region, except Gulf Coast (Montgomery, Auburn, Dothan, Enterprise)
the southwestern region on the Gulf of Mexico (Mobile)
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One delicious recipe for making sweet tea is to put on a pan of water and bring to a boil. Once boiling place two family-size Lipton tea bags in the boiling water, and then immediately turn the stove off. While the water is still raging hot, mix in 1⅓ cup of cane sugar and stir so that the sugar does not stick to the bottom of the pan and burn. Wait one hour and then mix with one gallon of water in a gallon-sized container. Serve over ice.
By bus
Greyhound Lines offers bus transportation to cities and towns throughout Alabama.
By train
There is one daily Amtrak route serving Alabama, the Crescent.C. and New York City. There are three stations in Alabama: Anniston, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.
By plane
The largest airport in Alabama is the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport BHM.C..
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Montgomery · Regional · MGM
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state capital and first capital of the Confederacy
home of Auburn University
Alabama's largest city
Decatur is a city in Alabama. It is called The Ballooning Capital of Alabama.
Dothan is a city in southeastern Alabama, serving as the county seat of Houston County, and the chief city of the western Wiregrass region, an area encompassing portions of southeastern Alabama, southwestern Georgia, and the panhandle of Florida. Its population in 2018 was about 68,000, making it the largest metropolitan area in southeastern Alabama.
home of Marshall Space Flight Center
Alabama's only major port and largest city near the Gulf
home of the University of Alabama
Helen Keller's home
32 miles of beautiful sugar white sands on the prettiest beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. A visit to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach offers the perfect balance of non-stop activity and lay-around-doing-nothing time. Putter around a bit on one of the championship golf courses. Cast your line for deep-sea adventure on one of the Orange Beach fishing charters. Travel back in history with a visit to Fort Morgan, the site of the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay. Commune with Mother Nature as you hike wildlife trails gazing at shorebirds.
In the spring of 1814, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 3,300 men attacked 1,000 Upper Creek warriors on the Tallapoosa River. Over 800 Upper Creeks died defending their homeland.
The 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway commemorates an ancient trail that connected southern portions of the Mississippi River, through Alabama, to salt licks in today's central Tennessee
For more than 10,000 years, Russell Cave was home to prehistoric peoples. Russell Cave provides clues to the daily lifeways of early North American inhabitants dating from 6500 BC to 1650 AD.
The Selma to Montgomery National Voting Rights Trail was established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama
Come on a journey to remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people despite their forced removal from their homelands in the Southeastern United States in the 1840s
Tuskegee, is in the River Heritage area, and county seat of Macon County, Alabama. Tuskegee is an important place in African American and American history.
A cavern and small family attraction in Childersburg, Alabama.
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