ALABAMA

Alabama sits at a crossroads of American history, from the civil rights landmarks of Birmingham and Selma to the NASA rocket engineering that put the first Americans in space, with the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville housing the largest collection of space artifacts in the world. Its Gulf Coast shoreline, antebellum architecture, and the musical heritage of the Muscle Shoals sound studios round out a state that rewards visitors who look beyond its surface.

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