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Area Tourist
Attractions
Town of
Mooresville
-
Mooresville,
Limestone
County
Picturesque
1818
village
is
oldest
incorporated
town in
Alabama.
Post
office
features
original
call
boxes
built
prior to
Civil
War.
Also
community
brick
church
(c.
1838)
and
stagecoach
inn (c.
1820).
Ivy Green -
Birthplace
of Helen
Keller
-
Tuscumbia,
Colbert
County
Built in
1820 by
Helen
Keller's
grandfather.
Infant
Helen
Keller
developed
high
fever
that
took her
sight
and
hearing.
Each
summer,
The
Miracle
Worker,
depicting
how she
overcame
her
handicaps,
is
re-enacted
here.
 Alabama
Music Hall
of Fame
-
Tuscumbia,
Colbert
County
Dedicated
to
honoring
Alabama's
music
achievers.
Memorabilia
from
careers
of
Alabamians
such as
Tammy
Wynette,
Lionel
Richie,
Emmylou
Harris,
the
group
ALABAMA,
The
Commodores,
Nat King
Cole,
W.C.
Handy,
Hank
Williams
and
more.
Belle Mont
Mansion
-
Tuscumbia,
Colbert
County
Alabama's
finest
expression
of
Jefferson
Palladian
architecture.
Brick,
U-shaped
structure,
built
1828–1832,
was one
of
state's
1st
great
plantation
houses.
Design
strongly
suggests
influence
of
Thomas
Jefferson.
Alabama
Historical
Commission
Property.
Alabama's
Frank Lloyd
Wright
Rosenbaum
House Museum
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Florence,
Lauderdale
County
One
of best
examples
of
Wright's
Usonian
style
(1939-40).
Only
structure
in
Alabama
designed
by
Wright.
Constructed
of
cypress,
glass
and
brick.
Acquired
by City
of
Florence
(1999)
and
fully
restored.
W.C.
Handy
Birthplace,
Museum and
Library
-
Florence,
Lauderdale
County
William
Christopher
Handy
gave the
world
"St.
Louis
Blues,"
"Memphis
Blues"
and
"Beale
St.
Blues."
Wealth
of
personal
memorabilia,
including
trumpet,
handwritten
music
and
piano on
which he
composed
"St.
Louis
Blues."
LaGrange
College Site
Park &
Antebellum
Cemetery
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Leighton,
Colbert
County
Site
of
Alabama's
first
college,
destroyed
during
the
Civil
War.
Antebellum
cemetery.
Period
structures
that
have
been
relocated
to the
park
include
log
cabin
museum,
country
store,
B&B,
outbuildings.
The
Shrine at
Our Lady of
the Angels
Monastery
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Hanceville,
Cullman
County
The
Shrine
of the
Most
Blessed
Sacrament
of Our
Lady of
the
Angels
Monastery
rests
among
the
rolling
hills of
Alabama.
Open to
groups
and
individuals
who are
seeking
spiritual
renewal.
 Ave
Maria Grotto
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Cullman,
Cullman
County
125
miniatures
of
places
from all
over the
world.
Located
on
grounds
of
Alabama's
only
Benedictine
abbey.
Miniatures
built by
Brother
Joseph
Zoettl,
O.S.B.
(1878 -
1961).
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