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26 large prehistoric platform mounds in 320-acre park. Attractions include reconstructed Indian village, museum, nature trails, campground, temple mound and picnic sites on banks of Black Warrior River. National Landmark Site.

Family-owned vineyards and state-of-the-art winery. Southern-style wines made from blueberries, apples and muscadines. Winery tours daily. Free wine tastings in gift shop.

1800s plantation owned by same family since 1819. Country store, smokehouse, log cotton seed house. Weaving, carriage and tenant houses. Blacksmith shop, grist mill, barns, more. 6 mi./9.5 km west of Marion.

Visitors encounter comprehensive produce marketing outlet, cafe serving breakfast and lunch, and fully stocked garden center. Also home-canned products, baked goods, wood crafts, pea-shelling services, peanut roasting, pecan cracking.

Union Station is centerpiece of city's riverfront, and home to Montgomery's new visitor information center. Completed 1898. 3-building complex and magnificent train shed reflect the way travel was in 19th and early 20th centuries.

Nice, privately owned public course within city limits of Huntsville. Rating: men 65.3/women 63.1. Slope: men 101/women 84.

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Beautiful, newly expanded art museum in Langan Park features permanent collection of fine arts and crafts covering 2000 years of cultural history, blockbuster and traveling exhibitions, theater and interactive gallery. Gift shop.

Houses official non-current records of City of Mobile from 1814 to present day, as well as historical artwork, paintings and statues.

From early April thru September, more than 300 varieties of native Southern wildflowers bloom in this private 5-acre preserve.

Front 9 holes open fairways; back 9 holes around spring-fed lake with tight fairways. Very scenic on rolling hills; fun to play. Campsites available.