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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Birmingham

10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Birmingham, Alabama

Updated February 28, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Birmingham, Alabama

Sloss Furnaces

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Birmingham, Alabama

Red Mountain Park

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Vulcan

A 58-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Birmingham, Alabama

African Village in America

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

Birmingham, Alabama

Donor Memorial

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Birmingham, Alabama

'The Storyteller'

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

Birmingham, Alabama

Heaviest Corner on Earth

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

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